ZAPPER

zapper

(noun) an electrical device that can injure or kill by means of electric currents; “a bug zapper”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

zapper (plural zappers)

(colloquial) A remote control for a television.

A device that electrocutes ("zaps") with a high voltage, e.g. a bug zapper.

(figuratively, by extension) Anything that exterminates.

Source: Wiktionary



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INSULATION

(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity


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