zap
a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact
- they gave it another zap of radiation
• Hypernyms:
event
1. strike suddenly and with force
- This show zaps the viewers with some shocking scenes
• Hypernyms:
affect, impress, move, strike
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
2. kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting
- in this computer game, space travellers are vaporized by aliens
• Syn:
vaporize
• Derivationally related forms:
zapper
• Hypernyms:
kill
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
3. cook or heat in a microwave oven
- You can microwave the leftovers
• Syn:
microwave, micro-cook, nuke
• Derivationally related forms:
microwave (for: microwave)
• Topics:
cooking, cookery, preparation
• Hypernyms:
cook
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- The chefs zap the vegetables
4. strike at with firepower or bombs
- zap the enemy
• Syn:
nuke, atomize, atomise
• Derivationally related forms:
atomisation (for: atomise), atomization (for: atomize), nuke (for: nuke)
• Hypernyms:
bombard, bomb
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
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