0 present participle of galvanize
1 to cause someone to suddenly take action, especially by shocking or exciting them in some way:
The controversy surrounding forgery in the period 1818-21 had a galvanizing effect on the penal reform movement.
Yet more violence ensued in the galvanizing cadenza for percussion, brass and vibraphone, which both alluded to the big band element, and articulated the confrontational character of the music.
Wilde also discusses the galvanizing effects of, firstly, debates about commemoration and, secondly, party political re-positioning as reflected in discursive and symbolic change.
At the same time, it was generally recognized that his ability actually to deliver change was heavily dependent on his success in controlling, galvanizing and directing the central state machine.
Even without the galvanizing factors of denominational conflict and territorial change, there was a close connection between politics at the local and at the state levels.
Such a framework can provide more powerful leverage on the improvement of health than can more piecemeal and often mutually contradictory efforts, and it provides a galvanizing vision for action.
Superior corrosion resistance is provided with hot dip galvanizing.
The protection provided by hot dip galvanizing is insufficient for products that will be constantly exposed to corrosive materials such as salt water.
