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searchlight

[ surch-lahyt ]

noun

  1. a device, usually consisting of a light lights and reflector, for throwing a beam of light lights in any direction.
  2. a beam of light lights so thrown.


searchlight

/ ˈ²õɜ˳Ùʃˌ±ô²¹Éª³Ù /

noun

  1. a device, consisting of a light source and a reflecting surface behind it, that projects a powerful beam of light in a particular direction
  2. the beam of light produced by such a device
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of searchlight1

First recorded in 1880–85; search + light 1
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Example Sentences

The methods used by exasperated zoo-keepers included trying to dazzle the bird with a fire brigade searchlight before nabbing him when he was distracted.

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"We have searchlights on all night to try to see ice - it can come from nowhere," he explains.

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The task is a bit like discerning a field of fireflies around a central, massive searchlight.

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They inched along, careful to avoid the beams from the guards' searchlights.

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They moved like a desperate parade — carrying lunch bags and borrowed tools — into the glare of searchlights, guard dogs and barricades.

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