[
US
/ˈɡæɫvəˌnaɪz/
]
VERB
- stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock
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to stimulate to action
galvanized into action
the loud noise startled him awake -
cover with zinc
galvanize steel
How To Use galvanize In A Sentence
- The morons do not even protect the exposed steel with paint - and something as simple and old-fashioned as using galvanized bolts in the first place is clearly way beyond their ken.
- Rivlin said that anti-immigration rhetoric has galvanized immigrant voters, bringing them to the streets in protest and to the polling booth.
- He's torn between his distrust and dislike of the press and his need to galvanise voters. Times, Sunday Times
- Food shortages would probably galvanise public anger into action, as would a complete collapse of the economy.
- But what galvanized education and research efforts to a more urgent level was the discovery in 2000 that many houseboats were built with a fatal flaw.
- The system of 27 Pyle-O-Lite floodlights were to be located on 3-120 foot galvanized steel towers as well as on top of both West Toronto and Lambton coaling plants.
- At each fighting session, the animals are paired off against each other in a small pit or arena, enclosed by plywood or galvanised walls.
- Steel is galvanized, walls are fairfaced concrete block, and floors are concrete or asphalt.
- Look at how a few NGO groups last year used peaceful candlelight vigils for their own selfish purposes to galvanize public opinion.
- The accident galvanized the attention and determination of the neighborhood. Christianity Today