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Recent Examples of irradiate Behind it, the mountain light flowed over low-lying clouds, irradiating ski pistes on the facing valley wall. Caitlín Doherty, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025 Over time, the neutrons will effectively irradiate the reactor and surrounding materials. New Atlas, 22 Dec. 2024 Where does slushy brine erupt onto the surface, and where do irradiated ice chunks sink into the depths? Jay Bennett, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Oct. 2024 Instead of using cobalt or other radioactive materials, Wilson’s team uses an X-ray machine to irradiate the pests. Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for irradiate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for irradiate
Verb
  • The lighting illumines each river in brilliantly bright backdrop colors.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2025
  • The lighting illumines each river in brilliantly bright backdrop colors.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • These typically present as recurring lower abdominal pain that can radiate to the lower back.
    Caitlin Pagán, Verywell Health, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Garden centers that can protect tender plants can tip pots over and cover them with a thick horticultural felt, which gives the plants a few degrees of protection due to the cover blocking frost and trapping some warmth radiating off the ground.
    Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Another recent progress photo taken on April 14 using one of the live webcams on site captured the bright Milky Way flowing above the telescope's dome, illuminated by stars shining in the night sky.
    Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The scariest episode of this Doctor Who season also was an illuminating one, for showrunner Russell T Davies.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 23 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • This signal made the initial detection exciting: on a planet that may have a massive ocean, there is likely a gas that is, on Earth, emitted by biological organisms.
    Daniel Apai, The Conversation, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Far-infrared light, associated with longer wavelengths than what even the James Webb Space Telescope can see, is emitted by cosmic dust that has absorbed starlight.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The poor performance led one Lakers legend to try and light a fire underneath his former squad.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Bring to light what’s at conflicting purposes while the sun clashes with Mars.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Sneider also reported that Keanu Reeves has been cast as a villain in the film.
    Tyler Jenke, Billboard, 24 Apr. 2025
  • This week, the Lyrid meteor shower has taken over the night sky, casting shooting stars and fireballs darting overhead.
    Alana Wise, NPR, 24 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The faster, weaker winds emanating from this white dwarf likely swept up the earlier, slower-moving material, forming clumpy, filamentary rings that are extremely faint and only visible in infrared light, according to the statement.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Many of the zero-day exploits flagged for iPhone and Android devices in the last year have emanated from the forensic exploit world, and so this update is deemed critical.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • No other information about the incident was released.
    David Matthews, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2025
  • August reservations will be released on July 1 and so on.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025

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“Irradiate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irradiate. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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