zap
verb (used with object)
to bombard with electrical current, radiation, laser beams, etc..
is zapping
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present progressiveof zap (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Electronic mail is zapping first-class deliveries, the system's most profitable service, and could replace 25% of "snail mail" by 2000.
From Time Magazine Archive
