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floodlight
[ fluhd-lahyt ]
noun
- an artificial light so directed or diffused as to give a comparatively uniform illumination over a rather large given area.
- a lamp or projector that produces such a light.
verb (used with object)
, flood·light·ed or flood·lit, flood·light·ing.
- to light up or illuminate with a floodlight.
floodlight
/ ˈflʌdˌlaɪt /
noun
- a broad intense beam of artificial light, esp as used in the theatre or to illuminate the exterior of buildings
- the lamp or source producing such light
verb
- tr to illuminate by or as if by a floodlight
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Example Sentences
He went roaring out over a mobile floodlight and up into the dark sky for the rendezvous with Red Flight.
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His smooth skin, under which the rounded muscles rolled easily, gleamed white beneath the glare of the floodlight.
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A floodlight in the yard made the whole place as light as day.
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Two new stars winked into being, on either side of the floodlight.
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The glider had disappeared—all I could see was the floodlight.
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