Flare and Ray

Flare

Flare noun - The steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible.

Usage example: in the darkness the flare of a single match might be seen by enemy troops

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

Nearby Words: flaring, flared

Ray verb - To emit rays of light.

Usage example: klieg lights were raying against the nighttime sky at the Hollywood premiere

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

Nearby Words: rayed, raying, raye

burning	burning flare	burning ray
direct	direct flare	direct ray
standard	standard flare	standard ray
single	single flare	single ray
Other adjectives: small, bright, powerful, massive, large, great, enormous, black, new, deadly, lethal, mysterious, last, giant, solar.

After causing its sun to flare, it then magnetically excites the flare to lase in x-ray.

Source: Literature / Known Space
The girls go on to point out that the Lens Flare Censors are animated in, so they can't be removed as part of the blu-ray release.

Source: Lens Flare Censor
The final attack by the Voitusotar in The Lion Returns they launch a solar flare-based death ray that they could direct to hit whatever they want.

Source: Death from Above