metal detectors
- plural of metal detector.
Example Sentences
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Bayrou says airport-style metal-detectors should be tested at schools, but most heads are opposed.
From BBC • Jun. 13, 2025
Forgoing tactical formations, they often walk in single file behind engineers with metal-detectors.
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2012
These uniformed men stand arrayed in rows of ten, their tools limited to simple metal-detectors, rope and hooks.
From Economist • Mar. 10, 2010
I added a complete physical search to your metal-detectors, we're doing it right inside the door to the corridor.
From Take the Reason Prisoner by McGuire, John Joseph