Glow and Ray

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

Usage example: the glow of the restaurant's table lamps is especially flattering to diners

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Ray is a synonym for glow in burning topic. In some cases you can use "Ray" instead the word "Glow" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: glowing, glower, glowed

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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Glow is a synonym for ray in flash topic. Sometimes you can use "Glow" instead the word "Ray" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: rayed, raying, raye

green	green glow	green ray
visible	visible glow	visible ray
small	small glow	small ray
bright	bright glow	bright ray
Other adjectives: powerful, massive, evil, tiny, black, new, yellow, mysterious, different, red, magical.

In the 1953 Hollywood movie adaptation, the "heat ray" truly could burn tanks to ashes, but for extra appeal, the war machines gained a second weapon, the green "skeleton beam" which "neutralized mesons," truly causing its victims to vanish in a glow of green light.

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

Source: Power Glows
In The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man, whenever Doctor Octopus fires levitation ray at an object, a green glow forms around it.

Source: Sickly Green Glow

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