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Meanings of zap in English

Spanish
lanzar una ofensiva

Strike at with firepower or bombs.

lanzar una ofensiva

To cook or heat in a microwave oven.

Kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting.

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Examples for "vaporize"
Examples for "vaporize"
1
If it didn't work this time, I'd have to vaporize the state.
Emperor Mollusk Versus the Sinister Brain
2
And if there's any food out there, for God's sake, vaporize it.
Year Zero
3
Heat from their pulses tends to build up and vaporize healthy tissue.
Wired
4
In theory, it should vaporize every fluid-formed creature in the habitat cavern.'
The Naked God
5
Not a big one, but enough to vaporize about two square meters.
Caliban's War
Usage of zap in English
1
If you refuse to answer a question I'll have to zap you.
The girl who played with fire
2
The zap guns are clearly automatic; otherwise someone would be guarding you.
Ringworld
3
David asked Cato what he thought and zap, Cato blew the signal.
From those wonderful folks who gave you pearl harbor: front-line...
4
A frozen human isn't like poultry you can zap and tease apart.
Bones on Ice
5
There's no home delivery, or cling wrap, or microwave to zap leftovers.
News.com.au
6
Two copybook punches which, when timed correctly, carry a lot of zap.
The power of one
7
Their stingers zap in and out, pumping him full of paralysis venom.
World After
8
A later innovation led to what became known as the 'flap and zap'.
The Guardian
9
The Tomorrow People really ought to come back and zap them.
The Guardian
10
He thrust out his right hand to zap his rival with the Taser.
Monster republic
11
And if you try to grab my hand, I'll zap you.
Black house
12
A complex machine; and the zap guns had burnt it out.
Ringworld
13
At first, they just might zap us with a paralyzing burst of light.
Wired
14
Cormac, brilliant animal that he is, got it with one zap.
Cormac: the tale of a dog gone missing
15
The background radiation confused advanced sensors, forcing me to manually zap the reptiles.
Emperor Mollusk Versus the Sinister Brain
16
Your headlamps prove that the third zap gun is not working.
Ringworld
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