searchlight

[US]/'sɜːtʃlaɪt/
[UK]/'sɝtʃlaɪt/
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Translation

n. device that emits light, used to illuminate a target or area

Phrases & Collocations

bright searchlight

powerful searchlight beam

rotating searchlight

marine searchlight

Example Sentences

Big searchlights are searching the sky.

He played a searchlight on an object.

Searchlights swept across the sky.

He was suddenly caught in the full beam of a searchlight.

searchlights throwing out powerful beams.

The beams of the searchlights fingered the sky over the airport.

We illuminate the enemy plane with searchlights in order to shoot at it.

led flashlight; led searchlighting; led desk lamp; head lamp; hanging lamp; hand lamp;

The two scouts, swimming across the river, managed to keep under as the enemy's searchlight raked the surface.

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