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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Recent Examples of electrify
Pugh electrified the red carpet in Los Angeles earlier this week, stepping out on Monday, April 28, in a mint-green gown from Alexander McQueen's Fall 2025 Ready-to-Wear Collection.
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Jen Juneau, People.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The first risk of electrifying everything is meeting the huge extra demand for electrons.
—Javier Blas/bloomberg Opinion, Boston Herald, 29 Apr. 2025
Tyler Warren was electrifying as a senior at Penn State.
—Phil Rogers, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
City officials aim to electrify all road-going municipal vehicles by 2035.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2025
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Jen Juneau, People.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The first risk of electrifying everything is meeting the huge extra demand for electrons.
—Javier Blas/bloomberg Opinion, Boston Herald, 29 Apr. 2025
Tyler Warren was electrifying as a senior at Penn State.
—Phil Rogers, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
City officials aim to electrify all road-going municipal vehicles by 2035.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for electrify
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The first sign that his tour might excite the public came on the opening day, in Omaha, where the organizers switched venues to accommodate a rush of attendees and still had to turn hundreds more away.—
Evan Osnos,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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Shadow on projects that excite you (with your manager’s permission).—
Dilan Gomih,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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And that authenticity shows on screen, with a bounty of classic cars and thrilling racing sequences.—
James Mercadante,
EW.com,
20 May 2025
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Ward, incidentally, was thrilled that the Titans signed his former UM teammate, receiver Xavier Restrepo, as an undrafted free agent.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
19 May 2025
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“Electrify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/electrify. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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