Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling strobe lighting.

Etymologies

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strobe +‎ -like

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Examples

  • The flashes of lighting bounced strobelike around us and made me woozy.

    No Mercy Lori Armstrong 2010

  • Over the rooftop of the building across the street the sky was alight with strobelike flashes from the mortar barrage that was hitting the southern edge of town.

    Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010

  • Over the rooftop of the building across the street the sky was alight with strobelike flashes from the mortar barrage that was hitting the southern edge of town.

    Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010

  • Over the rooftop of the building across the street the sky was alight with strobelike flashes from the mortar barrage that was hitting the southern edge of town.

    Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010

  • Over the rooftop of the building across the street the sky was alight with strobelike flashes from the mortar barrage that was hitting the southern edge of town.

    Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010

  • The flashes of lighting bounced strobelike around us and made me woozy.

    No Mercy Lori Armstrong 2010

  • The twin red taillights and strobelike headlights, powered by friction, are on whenever the bike is moving.

    New Bikeshare program provides wheels to casual cyclists in D.C., Arlington 2010

  • Pulsing strobelike flashes from emergency lights punctuated the darkness, while bright beams directed at the fires helped the firefighters who were battling the two separate blazes to see what they were doing.

    TRIAL BY FIRE J.A. JANCE 2009

  • We played Texas hold 'em on the fold-down table and drank wine as sunlight streamed through the hardwood forest, creating a strobelike effect in the car.

    Jim Robbins: Will America Wake Up to Rail Travel? 2008

  • The dancing, flickering parade of colors glowing from the television set cast strobelike shadows across the stacks of boxes crowding what was supposed to be her living room.

    The Good House Tananarive Due 2003

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