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zap

 
 
/zæp/ verb [T] (present participle zapping, past tense and past participle zapped) informal

Translation

to attack or destroy something in a fast and powerful way
öldürmek, vurmak
1974
(Definition of zap verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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