ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Fulgurate

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Fulgurate is a verb meaning (intransitive) To flash or emit flashes like lightning.

Meaning

(intransitive) To flash or emit flashes like lightning.

More Meanings

  1. (transitive, medicine) To cauterize with electricity; to carry out electrofulguration or to electrocauterize.
  2. Fulgural, fulgurant.

Example Sentences

... the fulgurate dazzle of light along the filament of an incandescent bulb.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include foulder, flash, upflash, flare, glint, snap.

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