Synonyms of irradiated

irradiated

verb

past tense of irradiate

1

as in illumined

to supply with light

the light from a galaxy of flashing signs irradiates the heart and soul of Las Vegas

Synonyms & Similar Words

• illumined
• illuminated
• lit
• brightened
• bathed
• lightened
• beaconed
• illumed
• radiated
• beat (down)
• shone
• beamed
• glowed
• highlighted
• emblazed
• incinerated
• ignited
• blinded
• glistened
• kindled
• gleamed
• dazzled
• spotlighted
• glittered
• haloed
• enhaloed
• glared
• burned
• blazed
• dazed
• flamed
• floodlit
• fired
• bedazzled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• darkened
• blackened
• obscured
• dimmed
• covered
• dulled
• obfuscated
• veiled
• shrouded
• extinguished
• quenched
• put out
• doused
• snuffed (out)

2

as in radiated

to throw or give off

irradiating an aura of supreme confidence on the playing field

Synonyms & Similar Words

• radiated
• emitted
• cast
• released
• emanated
• evolved
• expelled
• issued
• exhaled
• sent (out)
• eliminated
• discharged
• poured
• vented
• evacuated
• gave out
• expired
• threw out
• excreted
• shot
• secreted
• sprayed
• erupted
• exuded
• ejected
• oozed
• squirted
• spewed
• gushed
• spurted
• spouted
• outpoured
• jetted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• absorbed
• inhaled
• took up
• soaked (up)
• sucked (up)
• sponged

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of irradiated

These are all less immediately life-threatening when irradiated, but carry a long-term cancer risk. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2026

First fuel removal The samples were irradiated using the Fission Accelerated Steady-state Testing (FAST) method. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 26 June 2026

The sterile flies are irradiated and released en masse, designed to blanket a region experiencing an outbreak. — 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

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