zap
zap
zÃĻp
zāp
/zˈÃĻp/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "zap"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to attack or destroy, especially with a sudden force or energy
Transitive: to zap sth
to zap definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The space invaders attempted to zap the spaceship with their laser beams.
āĻ¸ā§āĻĒ⧇āϏ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϞ⧇āϜāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒ⧇āϏāĻļāĻŋāĻĒāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻœā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ—āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāχāĻ•ā§āϰ⧋āĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇āϭ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to heat or cook food quickly using a microwave oven
Transitive: to zap food
to zap definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I 'm running late, so I 'll just zap some leftovers for a quick lunch.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋ, āϤāĻžāχ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻĻ⧁āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ—āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻŦāĨ¤
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āĻšāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāϧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to kill someone or something with a burst of gunfire, electric current, or as if by shooting
Transitive: to zap a living being
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The electric fence zapped any animal that came too close to the boundary.
āĻŦ⧈āĻĻā§āϝ⧁āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻžāύāĻžāϰ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻŋ āφāϏāĻž āϝ⧇ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖā§€āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝ⧁āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϞ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻœā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to rapidly change the channels on a television using a remote control
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He could n't find anything interesting to watch, so he started to zap through the channels.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āχ āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖā§€āϝāĻŧ āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻĒ⧇āϞ⧇āύ āύāĻž, āϤāĻžāχ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϞāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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a sudden, energetic, or striking event, often causing excitement or a dramatic effect

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A zap of inspiration hit her while she was sketching.
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āĻœā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ, āϧāĻĄāĻŧ

used to represent the sound of a sudden electrical discharge, a quick impact, or a sharp, high-pitched noise
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The electric fence buzzed, and then —zap!—he was shocked.
āĻŦ⧈āĻĻā§āϝ⧁āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āϗ⧁āĻžā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāϞ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāĻ°â€”āĻœā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ!—āϏ⧇ āĻļāĻ• āϖ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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