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May 27, 2012
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Synonyms for scintillate

Verb

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