galvanize

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The twitching was the result of a kind of animal electricity-hence galvanize, "to stimulate into sudden action".

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  1. transitive verb To stimulate or shock with an electric current.
  2. transitive verb To arouse to awareness or action; spur: "Issues that once galvanized the electorate fade into irrelevance” (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)
  3. transitive verb To coat (iron or steel) with rust-resistant zinc.

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  • Before the technology to pre-galvanize sheet steel used for car bodies came to the auto industry, cars in winter were subjected to corrosion we seldom see today. —  The Truth About Cars
  • Few things galvanize a community like high school athletics and few times in our history have we needed such a pleasant distraction. —  The Times-Journal: News
  • For instance, Jan Kubik's work on the emergence of civil society and Solidarity in Poland shows how important the Catholic Church and especially the election of a Polish pope, John Paul II, helped to galvanize opposition in Poland. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • "The African Women's Decade must safeguard the gains that women have already painstakingly earned and should galvanize political will to find the resources for further progress," said Ms Musiyimi-Ogana. —  Database of Press Releases related to Africa
  • He called upon those assembled to galvanize the legal community to seek legal remedial redress for Ahmadinejad's incitement under the Genocide Convention and to attempt to take legal measures to prevent Ahmadinejad from entering the US and Canada. —  Intellectual Conservative Politics and Philosophy
 

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  1. = Dutch galvaniseren = German galvanisiren = Danish galvanisere = Swedish galvanisera = French galvaniser = Spanish galvanizar = Portuguese galvanisar = Italian galvanizzare; as galvanic + -ize.
 

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/ˈgælvənaɪz/
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