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to galvanize
01
to push someone into taking action, particularly by evoking a strong emotion in them
Transitive: to galvanize sb
Examples
It took a serious crisis to really galvanize politicians into compromising and passing long-stalled reforms.
02
to make a muscle move using electricity
Transitive: to galvanize a muscle
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
galvanize
3rd person singular
galvanizes
Past simple
galvanized
Past participle
galvanized
Examples
They attached the electrodes to strategically galvanize specific muscle groups in the rat abdominal wall.
03
to cover iron or steel with a thin layer of zinc to protect it from corrosion
Transitive: to galvanize iron or steel
Examples
The company decided to galvanize all the metal beams before shipping them.
