Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To stop the fibrillation of (a heart) and restore normal contractions through the use of drugs or an electric shock.
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- verb transitive To
stop thefibrillation of theheart in order torestore normalcontractions , especially by the use of anelectric shock .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb stop the fibrillation and restore normal contractions, usually by means of electric shocks
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Examples
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Still, the Academy needs to do something to defibrillate its moribund Oscars ceremony.
Get Real, Oscar: Eddie Murphy's Not the Cure for What Ails You Eric Felten 2011
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Like many Americans who want to help the president succeed, I'm waiting for the Big Idea to come out of the White House that will defibrillate our economy.
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In this case, it's five days of cycling through Colorado, Utah, and Arizona cost: $1,895 excluding the airfare, and here's the group that has assembled in order to defibrillate their lives with the invigorating jolt of pre-meditated catharsis:
Itineraries and Agendas: Bicycles at Work and Play BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Wade Phillips is responsible for two of those three things, and at 1-7 Jones was right to do anything he thought might defibrillate his team into action.
Jerry Jones: Architect of mediocrity, enabler of failure Richard Boadu 2010
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The entire team stands up and backs away as someone says, “CLEAR!” and they defibrillate him.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive Jack Canfield 2010
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Like many Americans who want to help the president succeed, I'm waiting for the Big Idea to come out of the White House that will defibrillate our economy.
Trey Ellis: We're So Ready to Believe Again, Part II Trey Ellis 2010
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The entire team stands up and backs away as someone says, “CLEAR!” and they defibrillate him.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive Jack Canfield 2010
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However, with last week's SEC's complaint against Goldman Sachs, and the calls from the wild to stop the gambling, to restrain Wall Street and to defibrillate ethics, I trust I can bring new attention to the warnings I howled as the lone wolf long ago.
Lynn Tilton: The Demystification of Wall Street Casinos 2010
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The entire team stands up and backs away as someone says, “CLEAR!” and they defibrillate him.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive Jack Canfield 2010
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If you want them to defibrillate you so many times with the zappers that you start picking up high-def TV channels in your head, they'll do that for you as well.
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