ELECTRIFY


Meaning of ELECTRIFY in English

(electrifies, ~ing, electrified)

1.

If people are electrified by an event or experience, it makes them feel very excited and surprised.

The world was electrified by his courage and resistance.

= thrill

VERB: usu passive, be V-ed

~ing

He gave an ~ing performance.

ADJ

2.

When a railway system or railway line is electrified, electric cables are put over the tracks, or electric rails are put beside them, so that the trains can be powered by electricity.

The west-coast line was electrified as long ago as 1974.

...the electrified section of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.

VERB: usu passive, be V-ed, V-ed

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