floodlight
noun
an artificial light so directed or diffused as to give a comparatively uniform illumination over a rather large given area.
floodlighted
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past participleof floodlight.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof floodlight.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
floodlightnounan artificial light so directed or diffused as to give a comparatively uniform illumination over a rather large given area.
Example Sentences
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They have swimming pools hooded against the noonday sun and athletic fields floodlighted for night play.
From Time Magazine Archive
The television pictures of the White House and Capitol floodlighted at night are enough to stir even the most jaded American.
From Time Magazine Archive
Floodlighting is impracticable: reflection from floodlighted water confuses the pilot, gives him no clear perception of the surface.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the bare, floodlighted studio, he seemed a little lost without an audience, speaking more slowly, peering at his manuscript, pausing often to gulp at the glass of mineral water at his side.
From Time Magazine Archive
Really, it's nothing but damp, warm air, blown up from the exhaust of the city's main ventilation plant, condensing and freezing as it hits the cold air outside, and floodlighted from below.
From Four-Day Planet by H. Beam Piper
