Flash and Leak

Flash

Flash noun - A sudden and usually temporary growth of activity.

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Leak and flash are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Leak" instead the word "Flash" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: flashy, flashed, flashing, flasher, flashback

Leak noun - An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.

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Flash and leak are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Flash" instead the word "Leak" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: leakage, leaked, leaking, leaky, leaker

long	long flash	long leak
free	free flash	free leak
simple	simple flash	simple leak
small	small flash	small leak
Other adjectives: real, large, big, huge, slight, white, new, possible, random, occasional, sudden, nuclear.

On modern ships, lights flash, klaxons sound and all watertight doors are closed, thus if the ship is holed the leak is contained.

Source: Red Alert
Electrolytic capacitors dry out (or succumb to the capacitor plague), batteries self-discharge and leak, flash memory very slowly fades away, and the chassis and contacts rust and corrode.

Source: Analysis / Ragnarok-Proofing
The 2010 film Arctic Blast postulated that a solar eclipse could cause a hole in the ozone layer that then allowed the cold of outer space to leak into earth's atmosphere, creating a creeping "ice fog" that wound up flash-freezing most of Australia.

Source: Kill It with Ice

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