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electrifier|ɪˈlɛktrɪˌfaɪə(r)|
[f. next + -er.]
He who or that which electrifies or (fig.) startles or shocks violently.
1860Russell Diary India I. 210 There is nothing to rouse one like the sound of a cannonade: it's a tremendous electrifier. 1906Chambers's Jrnl. Sept. 703/2 Then it [sc. peat] falls into the electrifier. 1967Listener 26 Jan. 122/2 Now that electrification from Euston to Manchester and Liverpool is finished, the British Railways Board have become eager electrifiers again. |