electromagnetic pulse

noun

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They hope that their ship’s electronics-frying electromagnetic pulse can halt the Machine advance.
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A headset bombards the brain with electromagnetic pulses that activate nerve cells, bringing cognitive decline to a halt in some patients in a small clinical trial while improving cognition in others.
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I'm reading some after-the-electromagnetic pulse disaster novels where the electric grid has collapsed.
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A gripping account of the first year after an electromagnetic pulse attack has eliminated all electricity in America.
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A pulse of intense electromagnetic radiation generated by certain physical events, especially by a nuclear explosion. The pulse includes a continuous spectrum of low frequencies and can interfere with the operation of electrical equipment.

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