galvanise in English

verb

1

shock or excite (someone), typically into taking action.

the urgency of his voice galvanized them into action

synonyms: jolt, shock, startle, impel, stir, spur, prod, urge, motivate, stimulate, electrify, excite, rouse, arouse, awaken, invigorate, fire, animate, vitalize, energize, exhilarate, thrill, catalyze, inspire, light a fire under, give someone a shot in the arm

2

coat (iron or steel) with a protective layer of zinc.

an old galvanized bucket

verb

• jolt, shock, startle, impel, stir, spur, prod, urge, motivate, stimulate, electrify, excite, rouse, arouse, awaken, invigorate, fire, animate, vitalize, energize, exhilarate, thrill, catalyze, inspire, light a fire under, give someone a shot in the arm
• startle

Use "galvanise" in a sentence

1. 1 Perhaps he is the man to galvanise things.

2. 7 Nothing is better designed to galvanise a people, unify it, strengthen it.

3. 5 He scurried back to the kitchen to galvanise the staff into action.

4. 10 Labour officials have already launched Operation Turnout in an effort to galvanise the core vote.

5. Times, Sunday Times (2018) All political parties use Bogeymen to galvanise their voters

6. 3 It will certainly stabilise affairs but will not galvanise the nation into action.

7. 11 Perhaps his imagination was fuelled initially by the comradeship of a group and the creativity it could galvanise.

8. 14 Perhaps his imagination was fuelled initially by the comradeship of a group and the creativity it could galvanise.

9. 6 Food shortages would probably galvanise public anger into action, as would a complete collapse of the economy.

10. 18 Though these bodies were nothing more than talking shops for the elite, they did galvanise the Han gentry into action.

11. 2 A dynamic performer whose voice can galvanise up-tempo songs, Brenda was known as Little Miss Dynamite.

12. 17 It is further anticipated that the agreement will help to galvanise support for the protection of performers at international level.

13. 15 But some observers are questioning whether the display of military power will simply galvanise the hardliners inside the isolated country, he says.

14. 19 Another aim of the plan was apparently to use the media to galvanise nationalist support against Armenia and Greece.

15. 4 Hardly the kind of sentiment to galvanise an inexperienced squad a few weeks before its departure for an eight-match tour to New Zealand.

16. 12 Tourism officials are less sanguine. All those doomsday predictions helped galvanise the response, and that has helped the Gulf coast recover.

17. 14 But global leaders have shown in their response to the financial crisis that fear of catastrophe can galvanise co-ordinated and collective action.

18. Indeed, I hope that it will help galvanise forces that will usher in a new era of human liberty in our beloved motherland.

19. 12 Tourism officials are less sanguine. All those doomsday predictions helped galvanise the response,[www.Sentencedict.com] and that has helped the Gulf coast recover.

20. 8 Indeed, I hope that it will help galvanise forces that will usher in a new era of human liberty in our beloved motherland.

21. 9 President Barack Obama is currently trying to galvanise Congress and the American public to take action to halt catastrophic climate change caused by rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

22. 13 "Nigeria has depended on other nations for virtually everything because of the absence of an effective science and technology policy to galvanise growth and development," he said.

23. 16 President Obama's expected visit to Oslo to receive the Nobel peace prize in the middle of the climate talks raised hopes that he would make the short journey to Copenhagen to galvanise governments.