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Verb scintillate has 5 senses
  1. scintillate - give off; "the substance scintillated sparks and flashes"
    --1 is one way to     emit, give out, give off
    Derived form: noun scintillation2
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
  2. sparkle, scintillate, coruscate - reflect brightly; "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside"
    --2 is one way to reflect, shine
    Derived form: noun scintillation4
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  3. twinkle, winkle, scintillate - emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"
    --3 is one way to shine, beam
    Derived forms: noun scintillation5, noun scintilla2
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  4. scintillate - physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon; "the phosphor fluoresced"
    --4 is one way to     fluoresce
    Derived form: noun scintillation1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  5. sparkle, scintillate, coruscate - be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity; "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throught the concert hall"
    --5 is one way to be
    Derived form: noun scintillation3
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
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