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fulgurate

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ful⋅gu⋅rate

  [fuhl-gyuh-reyt] verb, -rat⋅ed, -rat⋅ing.
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–verb (used without object)
1. to flash or dart like lightning.
–verb (used with object)
2. Medicine/Medical. to destroy (esp. an abnormal growth) by electricity.
Origin:
1670–80; < L fulgurātus, ptp. of fulgurāre to flash, glitter, lighten, deriv. of fulgur flash of lightning

Related forms:
ful⋅gu⋅ra⋅tion, noun
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ful·gu·rate   (fŏŏl'gyə-rāt', -gə-, fŭl'-)   
v.   ful·gu·rat·ed, ful·gu·rat·ing, ful·gu·rates

v.   intr.
To emit flashes of lightning.
v.   tr.

  1. To emit (light) in flashes.

  2. Medicine To destroy (abnormal tissue, for example) by electric current.


[Latin fulgurāre, fulgurāt-, from fulgur, lightning; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
ful'gu·ra'tion n.
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