Light up and Release

Light up

Light up verb - Start to burn with a bright flame.

Release and light up are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Release" instead a verb "Light up".

Release

Release verb - To set free (from a state of being held in check).

Light up and release are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Light up" instead a verb "Release".

Nearby Words: released, releasing

Both terms in one sentence

  • Blue ones light up with fire and can ignite other flammable substances and white ones release a sticky glue-like substance from the petals.
  • Film / Death Note: Light Up the New World Death Note: Light Up the New World is an upcoming film based on the Death Note franchise, slated for release on October 29, 2016.
  • Video Game / Baldur's Gate Bowdlerise: In the original release of the game, the opening cutscene showes the blood of Sarevok's first victim filling the depressions in the game's emblem, after which the eyes of the skull light up.
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