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Meanings of galvanise in English

Portuguese
amendrontar
Spanish
sobresaltar
Catalan
galvanitzar

To stimulate to action.

amendrontar
Synonyms
Examples for "startle"
Examples for "startle"
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Fifty years later his designs still have the power to startle us.
The Guardian
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Even seeing them for the second time, they startle and surprise me.
Hull zero three
3
In some of your story-telling ballads the provincial phrases sometimes startle me.
Life and Remains of John Clare, The "Northamptonshire Peasant Po...
4
Why, the very sight of you might startle her into her grave.
Put Yourself in His Place
5
My hope that this would startle them into betraying themselves was disappointed.
Helen of troy
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An earlier forum helped galvanize the U.N.'s response to the refugee crisis.
Reuters
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Our countless words and images surely helped galvanize the unprecedented international response.
Reuters
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And wonderful men who are really ready to galvanize and create change.
Feminist dot com
4
To galvanize people, there needs to be the narrative, and the inspiration.
The new yorker
5
But they admit it is tougher now to galvanize the weary masses.
Reuters
Usage of galvanise in English
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Moreover he seemed able to galvanise his team rather better than Dhoni.
The Guardian
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Those bonus run outs can galvanise the perpetrators and stun the victims.
The Guardian
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Stewart's death helped to galvanise US public opinion against the Nicaraguan regime.
The Guardian
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But they admit it is tougher now to galvanise the weary masses.
Reuters
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Some observers say the attacks may galvanise greater urgency and solidarity.
The Guardian
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The motion was intended to galvanise action by preying on fear.
The South African
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That best saw him galvanise the two-year-old Jukebox Jury to win yesterday's maiden.
The Guardian
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That was my intention, that was my idea, to galvanise him.
The Guardian
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CONFUSION China's role has been as much to confuse as galvanise.
Reuters
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You might as well galvanise a mummy and expect it to walk about.
Ensign Knightley, and Other Stories
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No matter what scandal hits them, they manage to somehow galvanise.
The Irish Times
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They hope the current crisis will galvanise broader public support.
Reuters
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The Nobel Prize will hopefully help galvanise the international community to reach that point.
The Irish Times
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They look like they need new energy and a direction, someone to galvanise them.
The Guardian
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The government has also sought to galvanise loyalists at home.
Reuters
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Analysts say a Houthi power grab could galvanise these movements.
Reuters
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