zap
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact
they gave it another zap of radiation
Types & categories
- event hypernym
Sense 2 verb
strike suddenly and with force
This show zaps the viewers with some shocking scenes
Types & categories
- impress hypernym
Sense 3 verb
kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting
in this computer game, space travellers are vaporized by aliens
Types & categories
- kill hypernym
Related & opposite
- zapper derivation
Sense 4 verb
strike at with firepower or bombs
zap the enemy
Types & categories
- bomb hypernym
Related & opposite
- atomization derivation
- atomic warhead derivation
Sense 5 verb
cook or heat in a microwave oven
You can microwave the leftovers
Types & categories
- cook hypernym
Related & opposite
- microwave oven derivation
- microwave derivation
- cooking domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | event |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | impress |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | zapper |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | kill |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | atomization |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | atomic warhead |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | bomb |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | microwave oven |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | microwave |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | cooking |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | cook |