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Noun eclipse- has 1 sense
- eclipse, occultation - one celestial body obscures another
--1 is a kind of interruption, break
--1 has parts: egress, emersion; ingress, immersion
--1 has particulars: solar eclipse; lunar eclipse; total eclipse; partial eclipse
Verb eclipse- has 3 senses
- overshadow, eclipse - exceed in importance; outweigh; "This problem overshadows our lives right now"
--1 is one way to excel, stand out, surpass
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- eclipse, occult - cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention; "The Sun eclipses the moon today"; "Planets and stars often are occulted by other celestial bodies"
--2 is one way to overshadow
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- eclipse - cause an eclipse of; of celestial bodies; "The moon eclipsed the sun"
--3 is one way to obscure, bedim, overcloud
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
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