spark

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noun

1 small bright piece of burning material/electric flash

ADJECTIVE

▪ tiny

▪ flying

▪ electric

VERB + SPARK

▪ emit, produce, send, send out, shower (sb with), strike

▪

The firework showered sparks all over the lawn.

▪

We were all showered with sparks.

SPARK + VERB

▪ flare, fly

▪ ignite sth

▪

Flying sparks ignited the dry grass.

▪ die

PHRASES

▪ a shower of sparks

▪

The grinding wheel sent a shower of sparks across the workbench.

▪ a spark of light

2 small amount of a quality/feeling

ADJECTIVE

▪ little, tiny

▪

A tiny spark of rebellion flared within her.

▪ creative, divine, vital (esp. BrE)

VERB + SPARK

▪ have

▪

She didn't have a spark of talent in her.

▪ lack

▪

His performances lack that creative spark.

▪ lose

▪ add, create, provide

▪

Her performance added a little spark to the movie.

▪ feel

▪

She felt a little spark of anger.

▪ shoot (figurative)

▪

Her eyes shot sparks of contempt.

SPARK + VERB

▪ fly

▪

Sparks flew (= people got angry) at the meeting.

PREPOSITION

▪ spark of

▪

He had kindled a spark of interest within her.

▪

a spark of hope/life

▪

a spark of originality

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verb

Spark is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑eye, ↑incident

Spark is used with these nouns as the object: ↑alert, ↑backlash, ↑brawl, ↑controversy, ↑conversation, ↑criticism, ↑curiosity, ↑demonstration, ↑discussion, ↑dispute, ↑fire, ↑flame, ↑furore, ↑fury, ↑imagination, ↑interest, ↑memory, ↑movement, ↑offence, ↑outcry, ↑outrage, ↑protest, ↑reaction, ↑revival, ↑revolt, ↑revolution, ↑riot, ↑search, ↑storm, ↑unrest, ↑uprising, ↑war, ↑wave