verb
1. to stimulate to action
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..startled him awake
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galvanized into action
• Derivationally related forms: ↑galvaniser, ↑galvanization (for: ↑galvanize), ↑galvanizer (for: ↑galvanize), ↑galvanisation
• Hypernyms: ↑shock, ↑floor, ↑ball over, ↑blow out of the water, ↑take aback
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody
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Something ——s somebody
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Somebody ——s somebody into V-ing something
2. cover with zinc
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galvanize steel
• Syn: ↑galvanize
• Derivationally related forms: ↑galvanisation, ↑galvaniser, ↑galvanization (for: ↑galvanize), ↑galvanizer (for: ↑galvanize)
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s something
3. stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock
• Syn: ↑galvanize
• Derivationally related forms: ↑galvanisation, ↑galvanism, ↑galvanization (for: ↑galvanize), ↑galvanism (for: ↑galvanize)
• Hypernyms: ↑shock
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
Useful english dictionary. 2012.