fulgurate

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verb

To flash or emit flashes like lightning.

OriginLatin fulgurātus →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

verbfulgurate (third-person singular simple present fulgurates, present participle fulgurating, simple past and past participle fulgurated)

present singular third person fulgurates · participle present fulgurating · participle past fulgurated · past fulgurated

  1. intransitiveTo flash or emit flashes like lightning.
  2. transitivemedicineTo cauterize with electricity; to carry out electrofulguration or to electrocauterize.
adjectivefulgurate (comparative more fulgurate, superlative most fulgurate)

comparative more fulgurate · superlative most fulgurate

  1. Fulgural, fulgurant.

    ... the fulgurate dazzle of light along the filament of an incandescent bulb.

    2004 July 6, Dean Koontz, The Bad Place, Penguin, →ISBN, page 101

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
twinkle

Origin

  1. Latinfulgurātus
  2. Englishfulgurate

Borrowed from Latin fulgurātus, perfect passive participle of fulgurō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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APA

fulgurate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fulgurate

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fulgurate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fulgurate.

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