zap out

Idioms  

1. Interrupt or delete unwanted parts of a television program or video, as in We've taped the show and now we can zap out all the commercials. [c. 1980]

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Example Sentences

It’s obviously more convenient to have one pair of headphones that can use ANC to zap out noise on flights, make hands-free calls, use voice assistants, and also be good to use to DJ.

From The Verge

Their sound quality, comfort, and ability to completely zap out ambient sound with noise cancellation aren’t up for debate.

From The Verge

To take the zap out of a school of electric eels, fishermen in 17th century South America sent teams of horses into the water as bait, scooping up the eels after they had exhausted themselves in the attack.

From Science Magazine

Slide, for example, allows you to send free virtual sucker punches to friends on Facebook, but if you pay $4.99 a month for unlimited use you can zap out presumably better messages about things such as zombification.

From Washington Post