struggle, thrust, poke, arc, shoot, ripple, drop, rise, rotate, stab, set, sear, die, climb, streak, fade, glisten, darken, wane, ebb, glow, lighten, radiate, glitter, glint, eclipse, flare, gleam, shine, emit, brighten, illuminate, burn, light, dim, pale, circle, revolve, loop, span, orbit, give off, appear (in the night sky), sink, vanish, disappear, spill (light), grow dim, shed (layers of gas), convert (rotational energy)

smother, blot out, black out, obscure, fade, soften, turn down (a light), dim (a light), darken, lower (the lights), gray out, mute, subdue, reduce, blur, cast (a shadow), water down, diffuse, dissipate, filter, wane, die down, die out/away, tone down, block out (light), peter out, cloud over, pull the color out of

smother, black out, eclipse, douse, extinguish, turn out/off, snuff out (a candle), throw a room into darkness, kill (the lights), cut the power, switch off, submerge into shadow, flick off (the light), go down, blow out (a candle), blacken

flash, ripple, dance, skitter, flutter, spatter, splatter, dot with, speckle, stipple, prick, flicker, sputter, twinkle, fluctuate, glitter, blink, wink, sparkle, spurt, waver, sprinkle

flash, bob, ripple, split, lower, flutter, blot out, black out, obscure, dot with, spot, fleck, streak, edge with, stripe, dapple, mottle, stipple, sputter, twinkle, fluctuate, spurt, sprinkle, glint, eclipse, draw the shades, block out, turn on and off, block (light), filter through, blotch, refract, splotch, spark, glance off, wink out, squirt

dip, hit, strike, liquefy, spread, wave, flash, bob, freeze, stab, pour, churn, flush, fill, spray, saturate, sear, dive, bleed, swim, splatter, blaze, lap, imbue, define, outline, drench, beautify, bleach, splash, mark, glisten, seep, cast a shadow, radiate, glitter, sparkle, glint, purl, gush, soak up, glare, light up, burst, slosh, squirt, swoosh, swirl, sluice, flare, break through, singe, beat down, flow, tint, flood, stream, spill, steep, wash over, gleam, spout, blind, bathe (in light), shine, reflect, emit, backlight, explode, slather, dazzle, suffuse, glimmer, shimmer, deluge, infuse, brighten, illumine, emanate, intensify, illuminate, permeate, silver

struggle, squeeze, falter, smolder, outline, fade, soften, ooze, subdue, blur, water down, diffuse, dissipate, wane, seep, ebb, glow, leak, drip, drift, cast a shadow, reach into, yellow, absorb, trickle, puddle, dribble, lighten, blush, radiate, tinge with, subside, gutter

liquefy, sear, blaze, dry, singe, beat down, burn, melt, boil, sap, heat up, scald, roast, bake, dehydrate, warm, dry out, peak, scorch, parch, overheat, intensify (smells), steam up