Flash and Ray

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Flash

Flash verb - To shoot forth bursts of light.

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Ray is a synonym for flash in blaze topic. In some cases you can use "Ray" instead the word "Flash" as a noun or a verb, when it comes to topics like beam, shimmer.

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

Ray

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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Flash is a synonym for ray in beam topic. You can use "Flash" instead the word "Ray" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: rayed, raying, raye

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original	original flash	original ray
green	green flash	green ray
single	single flash	single ray
visible	visible flash	visible ray
Other adjectives: poor, small, bright, real, large, big, huge, evil, new, mysterious, last, different, magical.

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Godzilla's dorsal fins flash or glow (depending on the film) when he's preparing to unleash his atomic ray.

Source: Power Glows
In Metal Gear Solid 3, when Volgin shoots lightning at Naked Snake, the screen will instantly flash black and you can see an x-ray of him.

Source: X-Ray Sparks
It requires physical contact, and so isn't technically a ray or laser beam or whatever, but the "vibrate through molecules" ability each Flash-type speedster possesses can be used offensively as a disintegrator.

Source: Disintegrator Ray

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