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# irradiate

verb (irradiate, irradiates, irradiated, irradiating)

«irradiate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (science) To irradiate something is to send rays, such as X-rays, gamma rays or ultraviolet light, onto or through it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irradiate/#m1)
2. To irradiate food is to treat it with rays to kill germs so it keeps longer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irradiate/#m2)
3. (literary) To irradiate is to light something up brightly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irradiate/#m3)

### In the lessons

Science lessons about radiation and light; health: doctors irradiate cancer cells to kill them; food safety. In stories: «a smile irradiated her face». It tells the reader rays or light are shining on something.

### Examples

- Doctors irradiate tumours to destroy them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irradiate/#x1)
- Some spices are irradiated to kill germs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irradiate/#x2)
- The sun irradiates the Earth with light. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irradiate/#x3)
- The scientist irradiated the seeds to see if they changed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irradiate/#x4)
- Sunlight irradiated the whole valley. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irradiate/#x5)
- Irradiated food is not radioactive. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irradiate/#x6)
- "My beams irradiated the naked walls that form the streets there. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irradiate/#x7)

### Note

Regular: irradiated. Noun: irradiation. Myth: irradiated food does not become radioactive. Contains «radiate» (to send out rays).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «irradiate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irradiate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«irradiate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/irradiate.html) on Mova free.