galvanize
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɡælvənaɪ̯z/
galvanize (galvanizes, present participle galvanizing; past and past participle galvanized) (transitive)
- (chemistry) To coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means.
- Synonyms: electroplate, zinc
- To coat with rust-resistant zinc.
- to galvanize steel
- (figurative) To shock or stimulate into sudden activity, as if by electric shock.
- Synonyms: animate, startle, urge
- The girl’s picture helped galvanize public opinion against the administration’s policy.
- Republicans are hoping a proposed gas-tax repeal will galvanize their voters.
- (archaic) To electrify.
- 1835, Thomas Babington Macaulay, History (essay in the Edinburgh Review)
- The agitations resembled the grinnings and writhings of a galvanized corpse, not the struggles of an athletic man.
- 1835, Thomas Babington Macaulay, History (essay in the Edinburgh Review)
- (historical, US) To switch sides between Union and Confederate in the American Civil War.
- French: galvaniser
- German: verzinken
- Italian: galvanizzare
- Portuguese: galvanizar
- Russian: оцинко́вывать
- Spanish: galvanizar
- French: galvaniser
- German: galvanisieren
- Italian: galvanizzare
- Portuguese: galvanizar
- Russian: гальванизи́ровать
- Spanish: galvanizar
- French: galvaniser
- German: aufrütteln, aufschrecken, wachrütteln, einen Impuls setzen, beleben
- Italian: galvanizzare, stimolare, spingere, incitare, spronare, elettrizzare
- Russian: оживля́ть
- Spanish: galvanizar, espabilar, asustar, estimular
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