éclat
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Meanings
Noun
1. brilliance, shine, lustre
2. fragment
3. Strong reaction; scandal
4. clap, peal, burst (of thunder, laughter)
5. tinder, kindling (Louisiana, in the plural)
Examples28
The brilliance of the sun cannot be sustained.
Matte gold has no luster.
He was wounded by a grenade fragment.
The brilliance of eyes, of complexion, of flowers.
I got a chip in my eye.
I burst out laughing when I saw him.