zap
verb
[ zap ]
• destroy or obliterate.
• "zap the enemy's artillery before it can damage your core units"
Similar:
annihilate,
destroy,
wipe out,
obliterate,
wipe off the face of the earth,
wipe off the map,
kill,
slaughter,
exterminate,
eliminate,
liquidate,
eradicate,
extinguish,
finish off,
erase,
root out,
extirpate,
take out,
rub out,
snuff out,
waste,
• move or cause to move suddenly and rapidly.
• "racing cars zapped past us on the track below"
Similar:
hurry,
race,
run,
sprint,
speed,
dash,
bolt,
dart,
rush,
hasten,
hurtle,
career,
streak,
shoot,
whizz,
zoom,
go like lightning,
go hell for leather,
spank along,
bowl along,
rattle along,
whirl,
whoosh,
buzz,
swoop,
flash,
blast,
charge,
stampede,
gallop,
sweep,
hare,
fly,
wing,
scurry,
scud,
scutter,
scramble,
belt,
pelt,
tear,
hotfoot it,
zip,
whip,
scoot,
scorch,
burn rubber,
go like a bat out of hell,
bomb,
bucket,
shift,
put one's foot down,
go like the clappers,
leg it,
wheech,
clip,
boogie,
hightail,
barrel,
lay rubber,
get the lead out,
fleet,
post,
hie,
drive,
drag/tear/haul ass,
zap
noun
• a sudden effect or event that makes a dramatic impact, especially a sudden burst of energy or sound.
• "the eggs get an extra zap of UV light"
Origin:
1920s (originally US): imitative.
