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: a device that utilizes a flash tube for high-speed illumination (as in photography)
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Audience members should also be aware that the performance includes flashing lights, strobe effects and haze.
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Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
The pink-and-blue strobe effects were so striking on the gray suits.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2025
Find the clip, which opens with a strobe warning, below.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 26 Feb. 2025
Laurel, the human embodiment of road rage, builds her 40 first and makes quick work of her strobes.
—Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2024
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Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
The pink-and-blue strobe effects were so striking on the gray suits.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2025
Find the clip, which opens with a strobe warning, below.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 26 Feb. 2025
Laurel, the human embodiment of road rage, builds her 40 first and makes quick work of her strobes.
—Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2024
See All Example Sentences for strobe
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“Strobe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strobe. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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strobe
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: a device that produces a very brief strong flash of light (as for photography) and that can be used repeatedly
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