searchlight

search·light | \ ˈsərch-ˌlīt

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Definition of searchlight

: an apparatus for projecting a powerful beam of light also : a beam of light projected by it

Examples of searchlight in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The camp is surrounded by a flimsy fence and lacks even basic security precautions such as searchlights. — Anchorage Daily News, "U.S. will not secure ISIS prisons if Kurds exit," 9 Oct. 2019 This was, in part, driven by the availability of surplus searchlights, which could be turned into cheap arrays of light detectors to measure the properties of stars. — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, "Identical photons generated 150 million kilometers apart," 22 Aug. 2019 Two hundred searchlights from 34 naval vessels participated in the 30-minute program. — Scott Harrison, Los Angeles Times, "From the Archives: Navy searchlights illuminate San Pedro night," 15 Oct. 2019 CDLs were older, aging tanks fitted with searchlights that flickered their light beams up to six times a second. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "The Russian Navy Is Fitting Ships with Barf-Inducing Lights," 4 Feb. 2019 The first Crabbe show had been over only a few minutes when searchlights picked up the dangling figure of Douglas Gee, parachute jumper who will make leaps over the channel each night of the celebration at 8:45. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "From the Archives: San Diego’s Mission Bay aquatic park dedicated 70 years ago," 6 Sep. 2019 Eight searchlights on tops of the buildings will create lighting that appears as a sort of crossroads. — Domenica Bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star, "Major video and light displays will soon start at Monument Circle. Here's what you'll see.," 17 May 2019 Inside the convention hall, red-and-white searchlights dance overhead, making the ceiling look as if Poké balls, which players use in the game to catch the various characters, are bouncing on the ceiling. — cleveland.com, "People are still obsessed with Pokémon and this is their Super Bowl," 20 Aug. 2019 The movie had a Hollywood-like premiere, with searchlight, at the Phoenix Little Theatre when the writer-director-producer was an 11th-grader. — Jay Mathews, Washington Post, "The education of Steven Spielberg. It didn’t involve ivy.," 10 July 2019

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25 Nov 2019

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“Searchlight.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/searchlight. Accessed 8 December 2019.

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