as in to excite
to cause a pleasurable stimulation of the feelings
Marian Anderson electrified audiences with her soaring operatic voice
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Also, all household appliances or end uses – heating, cooking, clothes-drying – must be electrified.
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Zoltan Nagy, Discover Magazine, 12 Aug. 2024
The dynamic synergy of Mars and Jupiter in your sign electrifies everything from your personal drive to your intellectual expression.
—Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2024
In between the talks, the singing was electrifying.
—Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Jacobson, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2024
Those fears, however, quickly dissipated as Harris rolled out her campaign, electrifying some voters in a way that has drawn frequent comparisons by Democratic lawmakers to former president Barack Obama’s historic 2008 campaign.
—Marianna Sotomayor, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
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Zoltan Nagy, Discover Magazine, 12 Aug. 2024
The dynamic synergy of Mars and Jupiter in your sign electrifies everything from your personal drive to your intellectual expression.
—Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2024
In between the talks, the singing was electrifying.
—Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Jacobson, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2024
Those fears, however, quickly dissipated as Harris rolled out her campaign, electrifying some voters in a way that has drawn frequent comparisons by Democratic lawmakers to former president Barack Obama’s historic 2008 campaign.
—Marianna Sotomayor, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
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“Electrify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/electrify. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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