Michael Cunningham

I revise constantly, as I go along and then again after I've finished a first draft. Few of my novels contain a single sentence that closely resembles the sentence I first set down. I just find that I have to keep zapping and zapping the English language until it starts to behave in some way that vaguely matches my intentions.

American Writer

Sarah Mlynowski

In 'Bras & Broomsticks,' Rachel Weinstein gets the shock of her life when she discovers that her mom and her younger sister, Miri, are both... witches! In 'Frogs & French Kisses,' Rachel and her witchy family are back - Miri is busy zapping up ways to save the world, while Mom has gone boy crazy and become a magicaholic.

Canadian Writer

Maria Bartiromo

If you or me go to the gas station to fill up our car and it costs us much more than we expected, it will zap our discretionary income. We won't have the extra money to buy that washing machine or new winter coat-all big ticket items that are important to economic growth.

American Journalist

Brian Eno

Zappa was very technical and impressed by things that were musically challenging - weird time signatures, strange keys, awkward chord sequences. Zappa was important to me as an example of everything I didn't want to do. I'm very grateful to him, actually.

British Musician

Michio Kaku

Cancer is like the common cold; there are so many different types. In the future we'll still have cancer, but we'll detect it very, very early, so that it won't kill anybody. We'll zap it at the molecular level decades before it grows into a tumor.

American Physicist

James Rosenquist

Popular culture isn't a freeze-frame; it is images zapping by in rapid-fire succession, which is why collage is such an effective way of representing contemporary life. The blur between images creates a kind of motion in the mind.

American Artist

Suzanne Somers

You know, as long as you do everything in moderation, you don't go overboard, you don't, you know, turn your lips into guppy lips - I mean, a little zip or a little zap, that is not a big deal.

American Actress

Amy Morin

Being stuck in a rut can kill your creativity, stress you out, and zap your productivity. Doing the same thing over and over again causes your days to blend together.

American Author

Scott Baio

Family, work, familiarity. Listen, if I had a magic wand and I could make myself really be happy, I'd zap me onto a farm. And I know nothing about farming.

American Actor

Frank Vogel

You've got to stay away from those plays that zap your energy.

American Clergyman

Zap implies a quick, sometimes harsh action when getting rid of something.

Strong Connotation

Used metaphorically, 'zap' means to address something decisively.

Metaphorical Use

'Zap' often reflects an intense, fast action in sci-fi or games.

Action Intensity

'Zap' is commonly used with modern technology, especially electronics.

Modern Technology

Use 'zap' for casual directions involving microwaves or quick heating.

Casual Instruction

'Zap' in cooking implies an informal, non-professional environment.

Informal Context

Using 'zap' can suggest a lack of patience or interest in the current selection.

Impatience or Boredom

Zapping channels hints at a swift, almost continuous switching.

Quick Movement

Using 'zap!' as an interjection adds drama or surprise to a story.

Dramatic Effect

The interjection suggests an instant, oftentimes unexpected change.

Sudden Change

 to activate or inactivate brain cells? Nah. Drugs are pretty messy. They spread everywhere. And also it takes them forever to act on cells. So it will not allow us to control a memory in real time. So Steve, how about let's zap the brain with electricity? So electricity is pretty fast,

Steve Ramirez and Xu...

 zap and you you know you back off the advantage for elephants is that they are fair-skinned like us so when they touch it they're touching their bare skin they feel it they don't want to touch it again once they must they must a paid one know much they pay one so I'll say that

Unchaining Captive...

 those were formed by a laser beam, zapping the rock at each one of those spots. Multiple times, at each spot... okay? And then the instrument observes the light that comes off of that as it zaps it and it can tell you something about the chemistry of the rock that way.

Mars Up Close, Part 3:...

 Worm infections have been around for thousands of years. They have influenced the outcomes of wars, and they have long stymied human health. Roundworm, hookworm, whipworm, infections from these species cause pain and discomfort. They steal nutrients and zap energy.

Parasitic worms hold...

 do forensics with in our lab we can zap them with lasers and ion beams to find out how hot the magma is and how much water it contained in it before it erupted yes it's the water which we usually think of as the benign life-giving substance that in this case

The secrets in volcanic...

 zap from a cosmic ray or simple error in transmission from one cell to another whatever it was it led to a change in our species that ultimately affect every other species of life on earth by the last second of the cosmic year there was no place on earth

The Cosmic Calendar PIPE...

 The pulses create vibrations inside the stone itself and small bubbles jostle it. These combined forces crush the stone into smaller pieces that can pass out of the body more easily. But zapping a stone with sound doesn't work as well

What causes kidney...

 Gamma rays may pass right through your body. Gamma is used to zap the bacteria in fruit to increase its shelf life, or in radiotherapy to kill cancer cells. Radioactive substances get hot, and this heat can be used to generate power.

Radioactivity: Expect...

 Zap that with some water vapor, and the carbon monoxide gets converted into carbon dioxide, which can be isolated. The leftover hydrogen gas is then used as energy to generate electricity, so there's an added bonus.

How to create cleaner...

 when suddenly...zap! To understand static electricity, we first need to know a bit about the nature of matter. All matter is made up of atoms that consist of three types of smaller negatively charged electrons,