Residue
Trace
Trace noun - A mark or series of marks left on a surface by something that has passed along it.
Usage example: the wolf came and went without leaving a trace on the hard, dry ground
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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While they're called lasers, they more often act like disintegrator beams, utterly destroying whatever they hit leaving no residue or trace.
Source: Series / Get Smart
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Trace and Residue. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/residue/trace
Residue & Trace. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/residue/trace>.
Trace or Residue. 2016. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/residue/trace.
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