irradiates

present tense third-person singular of irradiate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for irradiates
Verb
  • In addition, water has insulating properties, and moist soil holds onto heat and radiates warmth longer than dry soil.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The series radiates warmth, celebrates flawed but generally well-meaning people—particularly men—coming together to learn how to show themselves and those around them the love everyone deserves.
    Judy Berman, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The full moon in Libra on the 12th illuminates your relationships, highlighting where you may be stuck in codependent or toxic dynamics.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The Revitalizing Serum, made with mostly natural ingredients including red camellia extract, smooths and illuminates the skin while its counterpart—the Revitalizing Eye Serum—wakes up the gaze.
    Jenny Berg, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Ordinary matter emits light in various wavelengths, which allows it to easily be seen.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The object emits no light, meaning the astronomers had to use a clever workaround to find it.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • While the film is a sexy, frothy romp, on the one hand, the film also casts Doris Day as Babe, a feisty union steward.
    Kathy M. Newman, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
  • United’s league phase casts them against big names, from Juventus, OL, Wolfsburg and PSG, which will see United face former goalkeeper Mary Earps.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But the thirty-seventh President looks like a model of restraint when compared with the forty-seventh, and his supposedly incendiary commentary anodyne by contrast to what emanates daily from the current occupant of the White House.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The result is a cultural posture that emanates authenticity rather than advertising aspiration—a practice, not a promo.
    Simon Mainwaring, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Irradiates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irradiates. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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