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flashes

n. countable
A2 Elementary US //ˈfɫæʃɪz// UK //flˈæʃɪz// flash·es

n. short bursts of bright light. You see flashes when lightning strikes or a camera takes a photo.

n. a brief, sudden burst of light. Typically used in the plural to describe intermittent illumination.


SIMPLE

Bright flashes lit up the dark sky.

CONTEXTUAL

The camera produced loud flashes that startled the sleeping baby.

COMPLEX

Intermittent flashes of lightning illuminated the storm clouds, revealing the jagged silhouette of the distant mountains against the turbulent sky.

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