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night⋅scape

[nahyt-skeyp]
–noun
a scene viewed at night, esp. as represented in art.
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night·scape   (nīt'skāp')   
n.  
  1. A view or representation of a night scene.

  2. A night scene considered together with all the elements and features constituting it: "a nightscape of black shiny streets and glistening light" (David Denby).

  3. A situation likened to a scene late at night: "His trip . . . is an eerie nightscape full of rubble and reflexive violence" (Time).

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