"fulgurate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: fulgurates [present, singular, third-person], fulgurating [participle, present], fulgurated [participle, past], fulgurated [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fulguro, fulguratus. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰel- (shiny)}}, {{bor|en|la|fulguro|fulguro, fulguratus}} Latin fulguro, fulguratus Head templates: {{en-verb}} fulgurate (third-person singular simple present fulgurates, present participle fulgurating, simple past and past participle fulgurated)
  1. To flash or emit flashes like lightning.
    Sense id: en-fulgurate-en-verb-RUCNNXbQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27
  2. (medicine) To cauterize with electricity; to carry out electrofulguration or to electrocauterize. Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-fulgurate-en-verb-E7l8EouX Topics: medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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