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Word: irradiate (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Illuminated; irradiated; made brilliant or splendid.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To emit rays; to shine.
  • transitive To animate by heat or light.
  • transitive To enlighten intellectually; to illuminate; as, to irradiate the mind.
  • transitive To radiate, shed, or diffuse.
  • transitive To throw rays of light upon; to illuminate; to brighten; to adorn with luster.
  • transitive To treat (food) with ionizing radiation in order to destroy bacteria

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