Galvanize
verb
To stimulate or excite someone into action.
The coach's speech galvanized the team into action.
Often appears as...
- galvanize into action
- galvanize someone
verb
To cover iron or steel with a protective layer of zinc.
They galvanized the steel to prevent it from rusting.
Often appears as...
- galvanize steel
- galvanize iron
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To stimulate or excite someone into action.
The coach's speech galvanized the team into action.
Often appears as...
- galvanize into action
- galvanize someone
verb
To cover iron or steel with a protective layer of zinc.
They galvanized the steel to prevent it from rusting.
Often appears as...
- galvanize steel
- galvanize iron
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Motivational Use
Often used to describe actions that spur people to do something urgently or suddenly.
Her powerful words galvanized the community to seek change.
Pro Tip 2/3Strong Emphasis
Implies a strong, stimulating effect, not just mild encouragement.
The threat of the storm galvanized residents to fortify their homes.
Pro Tip 3/3Immediate Reaction
Suggests quick action in response to something, with little delay.
News of the policy change galvanized protestors to march.
Pro Tip 1/3Motivational Use
Often used to describe actions that spur people to do something urgently or suddenly.
Her powerful words galvanized the community to seek change.
Pro Tip 2/3Strong Emphasis
Implies a strong, stimulating effect, not just mild encouragement.
The threat of the storm galvanized residents to fortify their homes.
Pro Tip 3/3Immediate Reaction
Suggests quick action in response to something, with little delay.
News of the policy change galvanized protestors to march.
Pro Tip 1/3Motivational Use
Often used to describe actions that spur people to do something urgently or suddenly.
Her powerful words galvanized the community to seek change.
Pro Tip 2/3Strong Emphasis
Implies a strong, stimulating effect, not just mild encouragement.
The threat of the storm galvanized residents to fortify their homes.
Pro Tip 3/3Immediate Reaction
Suggests quick action in response to something, with little delay.
News of the policy change galvanized protestors to march.
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Why Should We Go to...
I think it's galvanizing a lot of people right here right now for me it's just a curiosity as a human being I'm curious you know you want to know what's in beyond that horizon curiosity has actually fueled most of the great achievements that we've made in the world especially through technology if there's a place you've
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The global goals we've...
and there are opportunities for accelerating progress. We are living in a world that is tantalizingly close to ensuring that no one need die of hunger or malaria or diarrhea. If we can focus our efforts, mobilize resources, galvanize the political will, that step change is possible.
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How does climate change...
going to have an impact for a very long time and I'm not sure we want to go there so it's not surprising that scientists all around the world have been galvanized when they've really taken on this ocean acidification problem these are marine chemists out
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Why the buildings of the...
they're wild and radical -- how is it possible that they become so ubiquitous throughout the world? And it happened because media so successfully galvanized around them that they quickly taught us that these forms mean culture and tourism.
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Ray Anderson: The...
an unexpected wellspring of innovation. Our people are galvanized around this shared higher purpose. You cannot beat it for attracting the best people and bringing them together. And the goodwill of the marketplace is astonishing.
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How to be your best self...
time of needing to read galvanize ourselves and so I think for every person first do you recognizing what are some of the things that you are doing that are unintentionally sucking literally sucking the life out of your
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These Rare Giraffes Were...
to turn tragedy into a galvanizing force we have to turn tragedy into activism alert the world to the tragedy what happened that day and find a new way to let it live on as a source of energy and momentum for all of us
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How open data is...
courageous reformers from civil society Parliament and government have forged a coalition for transparent contracts in the oil sector and galvanized by this reformers in parliament are now
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Addiction is a disease....
But we changed all that. Because out of the pain of those deaths, we saw a social and political movement. AIDS galvanized us into action; to stand up, to speak up and to act out.
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Rising Ocean Temperatures...
world finally decided to heed the ever rising mountain of evidence that had been piling up for years and began instead to galvanize our focus
Video examples
Why Should We Go to...
I think it's galvanizing a lot of people right here right now for me it's just a curiosity as a human being I'm curious you know you want to know what's in beyond that horizon curiosity has actually fueled most of the great achievements that we've made in the world especially through technology if there's a place you've
Video examples
The global goals we've...
and there are opportunities for accelerating progress. We are living in a world that is tantalizingly close to ensuring that no one need die of hunger or malaria or diarrhea. If we can focus our efforts, mobilize resources, galvanize the political will, that step change is possible.
Video examples
How does climate change...
going to have an impact for a very long time and I'm not sure we want to go there so it's not surprising that scientists all around the world have been galvanized when they've really taken on this ocean acidification problem these are marine chemists out
Video examples
Why the buildings of the...
they're wild and radical -- how is it possible that they become so ubiquitous throughout the world? And it happened because media so successfully galvanized around them that they quickly taught us that these forms mean culture and tourism.
Video examples
Ray Anderson: The...
an unexpected wellspring of innovation. Our people are galvanized around this shared higher purpose. You cannot beat it for attracting the best people and bringing them together. And the goodwill of the marketplace is astonishing.
Video examples
How to be your best self...
time of needing to read galvanize ourselves and so I think for every person first do you recognizing what are some of the things that you are doing that are unintentionally sucking literally sucking the life out of your
Video examples
These Rare Giraffes Were...
to turn tragedy into a galvanizing force we have to turn tragedy into activism alert the world to the tragedy what happened that day and find a new way to let it live on as a source of energy and momentum for all of us
Video examples
How open data is...
courageous reformers from civil society Parliament and government have forged a coalition for transparent contracts in the oil sector and galvanized by this reformers in parliament are now
Video examples
Addiction is a disease....
But we changed all that. Because out of the pain of those deaths, we saw a social and political movement. AIDS galvanized us into action; to stand up, to speak up and to act out.
Video examples
Rising Ocean Temperatures...
world finally decided to heed the ever rising mountain of evidence that had been piling up for years and began instead to galvanize our focus
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Quote examples
Robert Dallek
American Historian
Kennedy saw the presidency as the vital center of government, and a president's primary goal as galvanizing commitments to constructive change. He aimed to move the country and the world toward a more peaceful future, not just through legislation but through inspiration.
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Margaret Hamburg
American Public Servant
At FDA, our mission is to promote and protect the health of the public. As commissioner, I've worked hard to galvanize people around that idea. I want employees to be thinking about the unique and essential contribution they are making to our mission.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
American Politician
The Republicans galvanize their base by inciting a lot of fear; they operate on a lot of mythmaking. So we have to have something compelling. We shouldn't be afraid to be bold.
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Zainab Salbi
Iraqi Activist
I have come to understand that in order to effectively advance women's rights, we need to galvanize a global women's movement.
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Roger Avary
Canadian Producer
Incarceration didn't change me. In many ways, incarceration galvanized me. The totality of the experience helped me.
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Tedros Adhanom
Ethiopian Politician
Early in my career, I was galvanized by a disease that ravaged my country and many others around the world: malaria.
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Karen Kain
Canadian Dancer
There's nothing like the force and challenge of a new ballet to galvanize everyone involved in bringing it to life.
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Chelsea Clinton
American Celebrity
If I had one singular galvanizing ambition in life, I would try to reverse engineer toward it, but I don't.
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Tarana Burke
American Activist
Me too' was just two words; it's two magic words that galvanised the world.
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Andrew Lincoln
English Actor
There is nothing like mortal fear to galvanize a friendship.
Quote examples
Robert Dallek
American Historian
Kennedy saw the presidency as the vital center of government, and a president's primary goal as galvanizing commitments to constructive change. He aimed to move the country and the world toward a more peaceful future, not just through legislation but through inspiration.
Quote examples
Margaret Hamburg
American Public Servant
At FDA, our mission is to promote and protect the health of the public. As commissioner, I've worked hard to galvanize people around that idea. I want employees to be thinking about the unique and essential contribution they are making to our mission.
Quote examples
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
American Politician
The Republicans galvanize their base by inciting a lot of fear; they operate on a lot of mythmaking. So we have to have something compelling. We shouldn't be afraid to be bold.
Quote examples
Zainab Salbi
Iraqi Activist
I have come to understand that in order to effectively advance women's rights, we need to galvanize a global women's movement.
Quote examples
Roger Avary
Canadian Producer
Incarceration didn't change me. In many ways, incarceration galvanized me. The totality of the experience helped me.
Quote examples
Tedros Adhanom
Ethiopian Politician
Early in my career, I was galvanized by a disease that ravaged my country and many others around the world: malaria.
Quote examples
Karen Kain
Canadian Dancer
There's nothing like the force and challenge of a new ballet to galvanize everyone involved in bringing it to life.
Quote examples
Chelsea Clinton
American Celebrity
If I had one singular galvanizing ambition in life, I would try to reverse engineer toward it, but I don't.
Quote examples
Tarana Burke
American Activist
Me too' was just two words; it's two magic words that galvanised the world.
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Andrew Lincoln
English Actor
There is nothing like mortal fear to galvanize a friendship.
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