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