galvanizing
present participle ofgalvanize
galvanize
verb[T]
(UKusuallygalvanise)uk/ˈɡæl.və.naɪz/us/ˈɡæl.və.naɪz/tocausesomeone tosuddenlytakeaction,especiallybyshockingorexcitingthem in some way:
Westerncharitieswere galvanized by TVpicturesofstarvingpeople.
Theprospectof hismothercoming tostaygalvanized himintoactionand hestartedcleaningthehouse.
Encouraging and urging on
- abet
- barrack forsomeone
- bread
- bring
- bringsomeoneout
- get in there!idiom
- get out of here!idiom
- go on
- good/great/lovely stuff!idiom
- goose
- mentor
- pave the wayidiom
- pep talk
- permit
- prepare
- prepare the groundidiom
- spur
- stimulus
- stoke
- urge
Examplesofgalvanizing
galvanizing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The controversy surrounding forgery in the period 1818-21 had agalvanizingeffect on the penal reform movement.
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Yet more violence ensued in thegalvanizingcadenza for percussion, brass and vibraphone, which both alluded to the big band element, and articulated the confrontational character of the music.
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Wilde also discusses thegalvanizingeffects of, firstly, debates about commemoration and, secondly, party political re-positioning as reflected in discursive and symbolic change.
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At the same time, it was generally recognized that his ability actually to deliver change was heavily dependent on his success in controlling,galvanizingand directing the central state machine.
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Even without thegalvanizingfactors of denominational conflict and territorial change, there was a close connection between politics at the local and at the state levels.
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Such a framework can provide more powerful leverage on the improvement of health than can more piecemeal and often mutually contradictory efforts, and it provides agalvanizingvision for action.
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Superior corrosion resistance is provided with hot dipgalvanizing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The protection provided by hot dipgalvanizingis insufficient for products that will be constantly exposed to corrosive materials such as salt water.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Galvanizingthe wire made it corrosion resistant and suitable for exterior wall applications.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The method is predominantly used immediately after welding orgalvanizingof the parts.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Due to the chemicals added to the zinc powder, the zinc/iron makes an alloy at a lower temperature than hot dipgalvanizing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In the case of automobile bodies, where additional rust proofing paint will be applied, a thinner form ofgalvanizingis applied by electrogalvanization.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The zinc is applied electrochemically or as molten zinc by hot-dipgalvanizingor spraying.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Zinc is popular in manufacturing and building; its ability to create corrosion-resistant zinc plating of steel (hot-dipgalvanizing) is the major application for zinc.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This was the precursor of modern hot-dipgalvanizing.
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- ancillary benefit
- ancillary business
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- anconeus
- -ancy
- and
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- and-all
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- and-all-that
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- and another thing
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