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zap

verb as in destroy, kill

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This isn't a supernatural being that craves blood; energy-vampires refer to friends who seem to zap your energy when you spend time with them.

From BBC

With bright, unexpected flavor, it zaps hunger and buys time to get dinner on the table.

From Salon

It has zapped whatever momentum was building after the team’s two series-opening victories against the AL East-leading Blue Jays last weekend.

One person who took Intas’ clonazepam, a sedative and epilepsy drug, reported getting “brain zaps” and bright blue teeth from the coating of dye on the drug.

From Salon

It can lead to side effects such as a symptom called "brain zap" in which patients feel sudden shocks in their head.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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