1. Strike suddenly and with force
   "This show zaps the viewers with some shocking scenes"
    
2. Kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting
   "in this computer game, space travellers are zapped by aliens";
   - vaporize, vaporise [Brit]
    
3. Strike at with firepower or bombs
   "zap the enemy";
   - nuke [informal], atomize, atomise [Brit]
    
4. Cook or heat in a microwave oven
   "You can zap the leftovers";
   - microwave, micro-cook [N. Amer, informal], nuke [informal]

1. A sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact
   "they gave it another zap of radiation"

Derived forms: zapped, zapping, zaps

Type of: affect, bomb, bombard, cook, event, impress, kill, move, strike

Encyclopedia: Zap, ND