What does "fulgurate" mean?

To flash or emit flashes like lightning.

What is a synonym for "fulgurate"?

Common synonyms include: beam, bedazzle, blaze, blind, burn, daze.

adj, verb

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Verb

1
To flash or emit flashes like lightning. intransitive
2
To cauterize with electricity; to carry out electrofulguration or to electrocauterize. transitive

Adjective

1
Fulgural, fulgurant.
"... the fulgurate dazzle of light along the filament of an incandescent bulb."

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

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

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