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galvanized

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gal·va·nize  (glv-nz)
tr.v. gal·va·nized, gal·va·niz·ing, gal·va·niz·es
1. To stimulate or shock with an electric current.
2. To arouse to awareness or action; spur: "Issues that once galvanized the electorate fade into irrelevance" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)
3. To coat (iron or steel) with rust-resistant zinc.
galva·ni·zation (-n-zshn) n.
galva·nizer n.
Translations
galvanized [ˈgælvənaɪzd] ADJ → galvanizado
galvanized [ˈgælvənaɪzd] galvanised (British) adj [metal] → galvanisé(e)
galvanized
adj iron, steel → galvanisiert


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At the clanking of their frightful irons, the unhappy child quivered like a dead frog which is being galvanized.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
What would happen should one of the moribund Spanish gun-boats be suddenly galvanized into a flicker of active life did not trouble us, once we were inside the bay--so completely did it appear out of the reach of a meddling world; and besides, in those days we were imaginative enough to look with a kind of joyous equanimity on any chance there was of being quietly hanged somewhere out of the way of diplomatic remonstrance.
Tales of Unrest by Conrad, Joseph View in context
So the scream of Sabor, the lioness, galvanized the brain and muscles of little Tarzan into instant action.
Tarzan of the Apes by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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