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light show collapse: a display of colored lights moving in shifting patterns

white flag collapse: flag consisting of a piece of white cloth that is hoisted to signal surrender or to ask for a truce

carefree collapse: cheerfully irresponsible; "carefree with his money"; "freewheeling urban youths"; "had a harum-scarum youth"; free of trouble and worry and care; "the carefree joys of childhood"; "carefree millionaires, untroubled financially"

rekindle collapse: arouse again; "rekindle hopes"; "rekindle her love"; kindle anew, as of a fire

red flag collapse: something that irritates or demands immediate action; "doing that is like waving a red flag in front of a bull"; the emblem of socialist revolution; a flag that serves as a warning signal; "we didn't swim at the beach because the red flag was up"

outer space collapse: any location outside the Earth's atmosphere; "the astronauts walked in outer space without a tether"

aurora collapse: (Roman mythology) goddess of the dawn; counterpart of Greek Eos; an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force

twilight collapse: the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth; a condition of decline following successes; "in the twilight of the empire"; the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"

high sign collapse: a silent signal of warning or recognition; "she started to speak but he gave her the high sign"

ray collapse: cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins; any of the stiff bony rods in the fin of a fish; a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence; (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point; emit as rays; "That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky"

radiation collapse: the act of spreading outward from a central source; a radial arrangement of nerve fibers connecting different parts of the brain; the spread of a group of organisms into new habitats; energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles; the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay

component collapse: an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system; "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system"; an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech"

spotlight collapse: a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer; illuminate with a spotlight, as in the theater

green light collapse: permission to proceed with a project or to take action; "the gave the green light for construction to begin"; a signal to proceed

unburden collapse: take the burden off; remove the burden from; "unburden the donkey"; free or relieve (someone) of a burden

sunlight collapse: the rays of the sun; "the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind"

legion collapse: a large military unit; "the French Foreign Legion"; association of ex-servicemen; "the American Legion"

radar collapse: measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects

lexeme collapse: a minimal unit (as a word or stem) in the lexicon of a language; `go' and `went' and `gone' and `going' are all members of the English lexeme `go'

garrison collapse: a fortified military post where troops are stationed; the troops who maintain and guard a fortified place; United States abolitionist who published an anti-slavery journal (1805-1879); station (troops) in a fort or garrison

atom collapse: (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything; (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element

cohort collapse: a band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion); a company of companions or supporters

entity collapse: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

twinkle collapse: a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash; emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"

radiant energy collapse: energy that is transmitted in the form of (electromagnetic) radiation; energy that exists in the absence of matter

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