zap
Example Sentences
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"Guaranteed to zap germs before they can get a foothold."
From Literature
Here, a slumber party of the rich and powerful wants to zap their misdeeds from memory so they can get a good night’s sleep.
From Los Angeles Times
Top players spoke of temperatures that "zap you" and used bags of ice to try and cool down in brutal heat touching 40C at the Australian Open on Saturday.
From Barron's
It finds the misfiring heart tissue and zaps the electrical nodes causing an irregular heartbeat.
From Barron's
One unusual symptom is ear zaps, or the sensation of an electrical zap behind one’s ear.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
