flashlight
noun
flash·light
ˈflash-ˌlīt 
1
: a small battery-operated portable electric light
2
a
: a sudden bright artificial light used in taking photographic pictures
b
: a photograph taken by such a light
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Two officers get out, one carrying a flashlight, before a struggle begins.
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Four white police officers had beaten Black, handcuffed insurance agent Arthur McDuffie, 33, to death with their flashlights near the intersection of North Miami Avenue and 38th Street in December 1979.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
Watch as men tromp about with flashlights, set up torches.
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Firestone suffered a serious head injury from being struck with the flashlight.
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Sabrina Franza, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
Four white police officers had beaten Black, handcuffed insurance agent Arthur McDuffie, 33, to death with their flashlights near the intersection of North Miami Avenue and 38th Street in December 1979.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
Watch as men tromp about with flashlights, set up torches.
—Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
Firestone suffered a serious head injury from being struck with the flashlight.
—Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
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flashlight
noun
flash·light
ˈflash-ˌlīt
: a small battery-operated portable electric light
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