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galvanise

 
Verb galvanise has 3 senses
  1. startle, galvanize, galvanise - to stimulate to action ; "..startled him awake"; "galvanized into action"
    --1 is one way to shock, stun, floor, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback
    Derived forms: noun galvaniser2, noun galvanisation2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
  2. galvanize, galvanise - cover with zinc; "galvanize steel"
    --2 is one way to coat, surface
    Derived forms: noun galvanisation3, noun galvaniser2, noun galvaniser1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
  3. galvanize, galvanise - stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock
    --3 is one way to shock
    Derived forms: noun galvanisation1, noun galvanism2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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