English verb: defibrillate | |||
| 1. | defibrillate (social) stop the fibrillation and restore normal contractions, usually by means of electric shocks | ||
| Samples | The patient's heart had to be defibrillated to save his life. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | reconstruct, restore | ||