zap

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  1. transitive verb To destroy or kill with a burst of gunfire, flame, or electric current.
  2. transitive verb To kill or destroy as if by shooting.
  3. transitive verb To strike suddenly and forcefully as if with a projectile or weapon: "His . . . narrative runs marvelously on and on, zapping the reader with often surprising and . . . painful glimpses” (Publishers Weekly).
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  • And who needs a plot when you fill the screen with zap-powee action Well, actually, I do. —  F ;SF; - vol 091 issue 04-05 - October-November 1996
  • NELLIFER. Mine had been suffering from chronic diarrhea since he was a month old, so when the waters became blood -- zap, kid got dehydrated. —  F ;SF; - vol 086 issue 03 - March 1994
  • Instead there was a zap, a feeling of being hit by a jolt of electricity and then pain that almost sent me to the floor. —  Dancing in the Dark
  • The huskiness in his voice sent heat shimmering through her like the zap of a lightning bolt. —  Prince of the Night
  • I kept a microwave on a table along with a variety of zap-and-eat noodle dishes, teas, hot cocoa, and other treats. —  Yasmine Galenorn - [Sisters of the Moon 2] - Changeling
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zap:   zapped ·  zapping
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
 

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