āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to zap
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āϧā§āĻŦāĻāϏ āĻāϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āύ āĻāϰāĻž
to attack or destroy, especially with a sudden force or energy
Transitive: to zap sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The space invaders attempted to zap the spaceship with their laser beams.
āϏā§āĻĒā§āϏ āĻāĻā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖāĻāĻžāϰā§āϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āϞā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϏā§āĻĒā§āϏāĻļāĻŋāĻĒāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻāϰāĻŽ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻā§āϰā§āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§ āϰāĻžāύā§āύāĻž āĻāϰāĻž
to heat or cook food quickly using a microwave oven
Transitive: to zap food
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I 'm running late, so I 'll just zap some leftovers for a quick lunch.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻāĻŋ, āϤāĻžāĻ āĻĻā§āϰā§āϤ āĻĻā§āĻĒā§āϰā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻļā§āϧ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻŽ āĻāϰāĻŦāĨ¤
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āĻšāϤā§āϝāĻž āĻāϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāϧāύ āĻāϰāĻž
to kill someone or something with a burst of gunfire, electric current, or as if by shooting
Transitive: to zap a living being
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The electric fence zapped any animal that came too close to the boundary.
āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϝā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āϏā§āĻŽāĻžāύāĻžāϰ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻāϏāĻž āϝ⧠āĻā§āύāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝā§āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĻā§āϰā§āϤ āĻā§āϝāĻžāύā§āϞ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻāϰāĻž
to rapidly change the channels on a television using a remote control
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He could n't find anything interesting to watch, so he started to zap through the channels.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻāϰā§āώāĻŖā§āϝāĻŧ āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻĒā§āϞā§āύ āύāĻž, āϤāĻžāĻ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻā§āϝāĻžāύā§āϞāĻā§āϞā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻĻā§āϰā§āϤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰāϞā§āύāĨ¤
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a sudden, energetic, or striking event, often causing excitement or a dramatic effect
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A zap of inspiration hit her while she was sketching.
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āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ, āϧāĻĄāĻŧ
used to represent the sound of a sudden electrical discharge, a quick impact, or a sharp, high-pitched noise
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The electric fence buzzed, and then âzap!âhe was shocked.
āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϝā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻā§āĻā§āĻāύ āĻāϰāϞ, āĻāĻŦāĻ āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰâāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ!âāϏ⧠āĻļāĻ āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
zapper
zap
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