zap
verb (used with object)
to bombard with electrical current, radiation, laser beams, etc..
were zapping
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past progressiveof zap.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Pentagon officials argued that under an existing authority they had to counter terrorists’ use of the Internet they did not need to request the permission of countries in which they were zapping propaganda.
From Washington Post ● May 8, 2017
