| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| fulgurate |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ful·gu·rate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  f l gy -r t , -g-, f l- |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: ful·gu·rat·ed, ful·gu·rat·ing, ful·gu·rates
| | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To emit flashes of lightning. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To emit (light) in flashes. 2. Medicine To destroy (abnormal tissue, for example) by electric current. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin fulgurre, fulgurt-, from fulgur, lightning. See bhel-1 in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | fulgu·ration —NOUN
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