electrify

When Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in January 1863—declaring enslaved people in the rebellious states “forever free” and opening the Union Army to black enlistment—Douglass and other skeptics were electrified.

Mr Cook launches into his thoughts on the failure to get the railway line to Hull electrified in recent decades, before rubbishing "that book from 20-odd years ago".

We are introduced to most of them in the opening number, one of the most electrifying curtain-raisers in my experience of musical theater.

His frame is lit from within, head-to-toe, by argon trapped in electrified tubes shaped to resemble the human circulatory system, making his soul visible.

The investment plans include a mix of gas-powered vehicles and electrified models at plants in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio.