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Military Lights Out Instrument

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noun

• a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares

• any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover

• a tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothing for decoration

verb

• play on a bugle

28%13 Fairy lights and string lights
noun

• a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination

• the degree of visibility of your environment

• an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding

• the luminous flux incident on a unit area

• painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)

27%4Military lights-out tune
noun

• (military) signal to turn the lights out

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