1
as in illumined
to supply with light
the light from a galaxy of flashing signs irradiates the heart and soul of Las Vegas
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as in radiated
to throw or give off
irradiating an aura of supreme confidence on the playing field
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Recent Examples of irradiated
The sterile flies are irradiated and released en masse, designed to blanket a region experiencing an outbreak.
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Evan Bush,
NBC news,
7 June 2026
Vector control districts serving Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino counties have irradiated males and released them in recent years.
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Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
Dirty Electrons For six years, Bouquet and Kéraval studied two sets of sealed, irradiated soil samples — one of normal soil, and one that was supplemented with glucose.
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Siddhant Pusdekar,
Quanta Magazine,
1 June 2026
The team placed a layer of the anisotropic crystal on top of silica and irradiated the two with an electron beam.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
24 May 2026
Most of the food comes ready to eat, having been rehydrated, thermostabilized using heat to destroy harmful microorganisms and enzymes, or irradiated to kill bacteria.
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Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
26 Mar. 2026
Boyd notes that the power in the beam matters but so does the material that is irradiated.
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Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
13 Feb. 2026
Clooney — face wrapped in a giant gray beard — plays Augustine, a scientist at an Arctic research station that's still standing after an unnamed global catastrophe leaves the Earth irradiated.
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Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Dec. 2025
Set two-hundred years after atomic armageddon, residents of Vault-Tec’s network of luxury fallout habitats begin to explore the radioactive territory outside their shelters and discover a nightmarish world of militant factions, irradiated creatures, vicious raiders, and feral monsters.
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Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
16 Dec. 2025
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
7 June 2026
Vector control districts serving Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino counties have irradiated males and released them in recent years.
—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
Dirty Electrons For six years, Bouquet and Kéraval studied two sets of sealed, irradiated soil samples — one of normal soil, and one that was supplemented with glucose.
—
Siddhant Pusdekar,
Quanta Magazine,
1 June 2026
The team placed a layer of the anisotropic crystal on top of silica and irradiated the two with an electron beam.
—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
24 May 2026
Most of the food comes ready to eat, having been rehydrated, thermostabilized using heat to destroy harmful microorganisms and enzymes, or irradiated to kill bacteria.
—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
26 Mar. 2026
Boyd notes that the power in the beam matters but so does the material that is irradiated.
—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
13 Feb. 2026
Clooney — face wrapped in a giant gray beard — plays Augustine, a scientist at an Arctic research station that's still standing after an unnamed global catastrophe leaves the Earth irradiated.
—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Dec. 2025
Set two-hundred years after atomic armageddon, residents of Vault-Tec’s network of luxury fallout habitats begin to explore the radioactive territory outside their shelters and discover a nightmarish world of militant factions, irradiated creatures, vicious raiders, and feral monsters.
—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
16 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for irradiated
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Fantastic, illumined by periodic excursions into surrealism, as when the crew of a mysterious UFO boards a transpacific Kahuna Airlines jet midflight.
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Intensity radiated throughout the playoffs.
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The largely peaceful celebration radiated out into the streets around the Garden, with some fans climbing on street signs and jumping on top of vehicles.
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Just off the living room, a deck provides outdoor space and is illuminated by three overhead fixtures after dark.
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Crafted in rose gold, the lace-like design is illuminated by 18 fancy rose-cut diamonds and required approximately 1,450 hours to complete.
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Radio telescopes detect naturally occurring radio waves emitted by stars, planets, galaxies and other celestial objects.
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Moore suggested Sunday that the steel has protected most of the foam from burning, but the fire has emitted gases despite efforts to fight the flames from the ground and with helicopters.
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It was lit in an evening ceremony in recent weeks.
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Chopper 4 footage showed large flames burning through trees near the turnpike as crews lit backfires—a tactic used to extinguish a wildfire by burning fuel ahead of the approaching fire line.
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Early voting in Maryland's 2026 primary election ended Thursday, as hundreds of thousands of ballots have already been cast across Maryland.
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But off the coast of Georgia and neighboring states, a reportedly robust red snapper population has recreational anglers casting for a longer catch season after 15 years of restrictions that limited fishing to four days or less each summer.
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In October 2025 Anthropic launched Claude for Life Sciences, the first time that the company released a product for a specific vertical market.
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Then last week, the agency released a more in-depth analysis of 2024 infant mortality data, offering details not yet available for 2025.
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“Irradiated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irradiated. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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