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electrifying

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e·lec·tri·fy  (-lktr-f)
tr.v. e·lec·tri·fied, e·lec·tri·fy·ing, e·lec·tri·fies
1. To produce electric charge on or in (a conductor).
2.
a. To wire or equip (a building, for example) for the use of electric power.
b. To provide with electric power.
c. Music To amplify (music) by electronic means.
3. To thrill, startle greatly, or shock: a powerful performance that electrified the audience.
[electri(c) + -fy.]
e·lectri·fia·ble adj.
e·lectri·fi·cation (-f-kshn) n.
e·lectri·fier n.
e·lectri·fying·ly adv.
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Adj.1.electrifying - causing a surge of emotion or excitement; "she gave an electrifying performance"; "a thrilling performer to watch"
thrilling
exciting - creating or arousing excitement; "an exciting account of her trip"
Translations
electrifying [ɪˈlektrɪfaɪɪŋ] ADJ [performance] → electrizante
electrifying [ɪˈlɛktrɪfaɪɪŋ] adj (= thrilling) → électrisant(e), galvanisant(e)
electrifying
adj (fig) → elektrisierend
electrifying [ɪˈlɛktrɪfaɪɪŋ] adj → elettrizzante
electrifying [ɪˈlɛktrɪfaɪɪŋ] adj → elettrizzante


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The goal is before them, the road is in the best condition, their spurs are on, the steed is willing, but, at the last moment, for want of some special thing--a clock, a violin, an astronomical telescope, an electrifying machine--they must dismount for ever, unless they receive its equivalent in money from Nicodemus Boffin, Esquire.
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Now at the very END of this riot, within four feet of the end of the picture, and full thirty-six feet from the beginning of it, the Hair Trunk bursts with an electrifying suddenness upon the spectator, in all its matchless perfection, and the great master's triumph is sweeping and complete.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
Brooke, "going into electrifying your land and that kind of thing, and making a parlor of your cow-house.
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