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searchlight
CIDE DICTIONARY
searchlight, n.
An apparatus for projecting a powerful beam of light of approximately parallel rays, usually devised so that it can be swiveled about. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
searchlight, n.
1 a powerful outdoor electric light with a concentrated beam that can be turned in any direction.
2 the light or beam from this.
1 a powerful outdoor electric light with a concentrated beam that can be turned in any direction.
2 the light or beam from this.
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