strobed

Blinked on-off repeatedly

Strobed is the past tense of strobe, meaning to flash intermittently like a strobe light.

The word describes rapid, pulsing illumination: Lightning strobed across the sky, Emergency lights strobed in the rearview mirror.

It can also mean to illuminate something with a strobe: The photographer strobed the model from multiple angles.

disco

lights

Sources of illumination

beat · rave · party · lasers · fog · neon · bass · techno · clubbing · pulsing

photosensitivity

epilepsy

Brain disorder causing seizures

convulsions · auras · tonic-clonic · seizure · flicker · precautions · frequency · hertz · warning labels · video games

emergency

siren

Wailing alert device

ambulance · police · flashing light · urgent · distress signal · hazard · patrol car · roadside · caution · visibility

Opposites
light continuity/steadiness

strobedsteady

Fixed, not fluctuating

constant · continuous · unwavering · stable · even

rhythm/regularity of effect

strobedbeamed

Smiled with radiance

radiated · dimmed · faded · extinguished

Phrases
Family

strobe, strobes, strobe light, strobing, stroboscope, stroboscopic

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G