Flash and Warn

Flash

Flash verb - To shoot forth bursts of light.

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Warn and flash are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Warn" instead a verb "Flash".

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

Warn verb - To give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk.

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Flash and warn are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Flash" instead a verb "Warn".

Nearby Words: warning, warned

character	flash character	warn character
people	flash people	warn people
someone	flash someone	warn someone
team	flash team	warn team
Other words: audience, time, world, government, anyone, times.

In the MS Paint Adventures series Homestuck, in order to warn the viewer that the next update will have sound in it, every flash update with sound will start with an [S] in the link to the page.

Source: Musical Spoiler
Another horse, Little Vic, is galloped cross-country to warn campers of an oncoming flash flood in Little Vic, by Doris Gates.

Source: Big Heroic Run
Other countries will include warnings for shows or news reports that contain flashing images or flash photography, and some video games will warn people not to play them if they have epilepsy.

Source: Content Warnings

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