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flood⋅light

[fluhd-lahyt] noun, verb, -light⋅ed or -lit, -light⋅ing.
–noun
1. an artificial light so directed or diffused as to give a comparatively uniform illumination over a rather large given area.
2. a lamp or projector that produces such a light.
–verb (used with object)
3. to light up or illuminate with a floodlight.

Origin:
1920–25; flood + light 1
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flood·light   (flŭd'līt')   
n.  
  1. Artificial light in an intensely bright and broad beam.

  2. A unit that produces a beam of intense light; a flood.

tr.v.   flood·light·ed or flood·lit (-lĭt'), flood·light·ing, flood·lights
To illuminate with a floodlight.
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