Cloud
Cloud verb - To make dark, dim, or indistinct.
Usage example: the diner's dark interior, clouded with smoke and grease
Illuminate is an antonym for cloud.
Illuminate
Illuminate verb - To make plain or understandable.
Usage example: the museum's exhibit on the refraction of light really illuminated the subject for us
Common collocations
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