fulgurate

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  1. intransitive verb To emit flashes of lightning.
  2. transitive verb To emit (light) in flashes.
  3. transitive verb Medicine To destroy (abnormal tissue, for example) by electric current.

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  1. Latin fulgurāre, fulgurāt-, from fulgur, lightning; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin fulguratus, past participle of fulgurare (from Italian fulgurare, folgorare = Spanish Portuguese fulgurar), lighten, flash, from fulgur, flashing, lightning, from fulgere, flash, lighten: see fulgent.
 

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