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heat-seeking

adjective

  1. (of a detecting device) able to detect sources of infrared radiation

    a heat-seeking camera

  2. (of a missile) able to detect and follow a source of heat, as from an aircraft engine

    a heat-seeking missile

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • heat seeker, noun
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“He’s a heat-seeking missile,” fellow Bruins linebacker Kain Medrano said, “just going in there and causing havoc in any way he can.”

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Three such titles this year are a heat-seeking troika that involve American notables who, after a period of relative domestic quiet, have showily returned to the international stage.

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The actor has shed his “Barbie” pretty-in-pink look, if not his signature heat-seeking moves to play Colt Seavers, a stuntman with a long rĂ©sumĂ©, six-packs on his six-packs and a disregard for personal safety.

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Anytime hors d’oeuvres appear, I scan with the laser focus of a heat-seeking missile, praying for a mini crabcake sighting.

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