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noun

plural of floodlight
as in headlights

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verb

present tense third-person singular of floodlight
as in lights

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for floodlights
  1. headlights
  2. lights
  3. lanterns
  4. glows
  5. candles
  6. beams
  7. chandeliers
  8. ignites
Noun
  • Brumbelow has found that cars with headlights rated highly by IIHS for visibility—which includes many but not all LED headlights—have 19% fewer nighttime crashes compared to cars with poor headlight visibility.
    — Matt Fuchs, Time, 4 Aug. 2025
Definition of headlights
Verb
  • Mereu’s sure hand with his actors is a saving grace, with Perrone and Maenza particularly well-cast, and DP Francesco Piras lights them to perfection while being in perfect synch with the director’s reverence for the natural world.
    — Jay Weissberg, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Partnership feels friendly as nurturing Moon lights your 7th House of Partnership, trining harmonious Venus in your 11th House of Friends and Community.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of lights
Noun
  • Keep an eye out for items like handmade wood and metal crafts, traditional Iznik ceramics, colored glass lanterns, fresh spices, and jewelry.
    — CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Underneath a giant tent with rows of colorful lanterns, crowds of hungry visitors flocked Saturday to stalls dishing out plates of teriyaki chicken, karaage and okonomiyaki pancakes.
    — Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of lanterns
Verb
  • Another light show game is the Black Light Tumble Tower that glows in the dark.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • In a laboratory 2 kilometers underground, a crane lowers Matt Depatie, a detector technologist, through a hatch into a white-walled cavern filled with about 7,000 tons of ultrapure water that glows as blue as wiper fluid in the light.
    — James Dinneen, Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of glows
Noun
  • The Greek patriarch will light candles and then the flame is passed from one candle to the next.
    — Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
Definition of candles
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  • Inside Billy’s private movie theater, the projector beams down on the back of Anderson’s head like that infamous Nicole Kidman AMC promo.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Starlink beams down broadband to consumers, governments and businesses using more than 10,000 satellites orbiting close above the Earth.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of beams
Noun
  • The Pantages’ main lobby has a high ceiling, chandeliers and wide staircases leading to upper levels and small gathering places.
    — David Allen, Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The Pfister Hotel, with its grand lobby of vaulted ceilings and chandeliers, is one of the grandest places to spend the night in the city, with 307 rooms.
    — Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of chandeliers
Verb
  • This time around, Connect 3 returns to Camp Rock for a music challenge that ignites feuds among the competitors and campers.
    — Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Compressed gas ejects the missile from its vertical launch cell before its main engine ignites above the ship.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 30 July 2026
Definition of ignites
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