Flare and Glance

Flare

Flare verb - To shine with a bright harsh light.

Usage example: floodlights flaring into the forbidding empty spaces surrounding the prison

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Glance and flare are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Glance" instead the word "Flare" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: flaring, flared

Glance verb - To shoot forth bursts of light.

Usage example: diamonds glancing in the display case

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Flare and glance are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Flare" instead the word "Glance" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: glanced, glancing

short	short flare	short glance
single	single flare	single glance
obvious	obvious flare	obvious glance
final	final flare	final glance
Other adjectives: mere, last, sudden, resulting.

flare screen

glance screen

Mumford & Sons' video for "Hopeless Wanderer" looks like a typical "band performing the song in an appropriate natural setting" video at first glance, but either their backs are to the camera, or their faces are blurred out by lens flare and other techniques.

Source: The Invisible Band

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