fulgurate

verb

ful·​gu·​rate

-ˌrāt

-ed/-ing/-s

intransitive verb

obsolete : to flash like lightning

transitive verb

1

: to emit flashes of

he is said to have been conspicuously handsome: well built, of soldierly bearing, with … blue eyes that fulgurated … terror, love, or hate

—New Yorker

2

: to perform electrodesiccation on : remove or destroy by means of electrodesiccation

relieved the patient's discomfort by fulgurating the uterine mass

Word History

Etymology

Latin fulguratus, past participle of fulgurare to lightning, flash like lightning, from fulgur lightning, from fulgēre to shine, flash

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