Flash
Flash verb - To shoot forth bursts of light.
Pause
Pause verb - To come to a temporary halt in one's activity.
How words are described
| long | long flash | long pause |
| brief | brief flash | brief pause |
| short | short flash | short pause |
| small | small flash | small pause |
| Other adjectives: blue, little, slight, quick, ominous, new, momentary, odd, double, strange, last, different, several. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Occasionally Pain and Gain will pause, and a written message will flash on screen, including a list of cocaine side-effects and a "Not Making This Up" Disclaimer.
Source: Fun with Subtitles - In this flash game, trained units are put in a queue and continue to be built even with the pause on, resulting in the computer facing five units occupying the same position (but only one takes damage at a time).
Source: Pause Scumming -
A Flash port of the game with a few extra features, including a Level Editor, can also be found on Newgrounds here.It later received a sequel/Spiritual Successor, Pause Ahead.This game contains examples of: Animal Motifs: Butterflies.
Source: Video Game / Tower Of Heaven
Cite this Source
Pause and Flash. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/flash/pause
Flash & Pause. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/flash/pause>.
Pause or Flash. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/flash/pause.
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