Meaning & use
galvanizing
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Shocking or exciting someone into sudden and vigorous action.
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The coach's galvanizing halftime speech turned the game around.
News of the disaster had a galvanizing effect on volunteer sign-ups.
A note on using this word
The word comes from 'galvanize,' originally a term for stimulating muscle with electric current, and is unrelated to the metal-coating process also called galvanizing, despite sharing the same root word.
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