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• S: (v) scintillate (give off) "the substance scintillated sparks and flashes"
• S: (v) sparkle, scintillate, coruscate (reflect brightly) "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside"
• S: (v) twinkle, winkle, scintillate (emit or reflect light in a flickering manner) "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"
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• S: (v) scintillate (physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon) "the phosphor fluoresced"
• S: (v) sparkle, scintillate, coruscate (be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity) "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall"