galvanize

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verb

1. to stimulate to action
- ..startled him awake
- galvanized into action
• Syn:
startle, galvanise
• Derivationally related forms:
galvaniser (for: galvanise), galvanization, galvanizer, galvanisation (for: galvanise)
• Hypernyms:
shock, floor, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
- The bad news will galvanize him
- The good news will galvanize her
- The performance is likely to galvanize Sue
2. cover with zinc
- galvanize steel
• Syn:
galvanise
• Derivationally related forms:
galvanisation (for: galvanise), galvaniser (for: galvanise), galvanization, galvanizer
• Hypernyms:
coat, surface
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
3. stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock
• Syn:
galvanise
• Derivationally related forms:
galvanisation (for: galvanise), galvanism (for: galvanise), galvanization, galvanism
• Hypernyms:
shock
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  galvanise, startle