irradiate
verb (used with object)
to shed rays of light upon; illuminate.
irradiates
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present tense formof irradiate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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In one of the experimental approaches, the cemented carbide rod leads the direction of fabrication while the laser directly irradiates the top of the rod.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2026
Rebecca understood that while regular radiation irradiates all the tissue it travels through, proton therapy delivers the full dose to the tumor and then it stops.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2019
The French conductor’s luminous elegance irradiates Menuhin’s intense humanity; there’s nothing else quite like it in the extensive discographies of either artist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2016
Heeger’s team irradiates the fibroblasts to prevent them from replicating during this process.
From Nature ● May 9, 2016
To say that Kilmer was not a Keats is not to say that the friendship that irradiates Mr. Holliday's memoir was less lovely than that of Keats and Severn, for instance.
From Pipefuls by Christopher Morley
