zap

Example Sentences

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The males are then chauffeured to Garden Grove, where they’re zapped with X-rays.

From Los Angeles Times

Domestic deflation, which reduces the value of goods in the economy, and a weak yuan have zapped the relative size of China’s economy as measured in dollar terms.

From The Wall Street Journal

But a combination of domestic deflation, which reduces the value of goods in the economy, and a weak yuan has zapped the relative size of China’s economy as measured in dollar terms.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was as if I’d suddenly been zapped with a thousand volts of electricity.

From Literature

Her zapping turns her entire head of hair — not just a streak — shocking white à la Jean Harlow, and leaves an oddly-appealing black blotch on her cheek.

From Los Angeles Times