Light
Light verb - To set (something) on fire.
Yield
Yield verb - To give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit).
How words are described
| full | full light | full yield |
| best | best light | best yield |
| similar | similar light | similar yield |
| normal | normal light | normal yield |
| Other adjectives: right, certain, strong. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Even at half the speed of light we're still speaking about the yield greater than the one of the Little Boy.
Source: Artistic License Physics -
Blowing up some suspicious walls can yield you hidden supplies and once a beam of light that heals you instantly, along with a Fusion Rocket Launcher (obtained much sooner than it would normally be).
Source: Video Game / Red Faction -
In "Fred Sanford the Legal Eagle", Lamont gets traffic ticket for failure to yield the right-of-way, even though the other motorist ran the red light; Lamont believes he was given the ticket for being black (as the office issuing the ticket was white, as was the man who ran the red light).
Source: Series / Sanford and Son
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