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noun ADJ. amazing, astonishing, devastating, embarrassing, sensational, shattering, shock, startling, sudden | fresh, latest, recent | divine He claimed to know these things by divine revelation. QUANT. flash A sudden flash of revelation came to him. VERB + REVELATION come as, prove To many younger members of her audience, these performances must have come as a revelation. REVELATION + VERB come The embarrassing revelations came just hours before he was to make his speech. PREP. ~ about/concerning fresh revelations concerning their private lives | ~ for The demonstration proved something of a revelation for our teachers. | ~ from He claimed to have had a revelation from God. | ~ to His acting ability was a revelation to us all.
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