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		uoaei 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The protester's guide to smartphone security "zap" has never meant to remove anything, in general, where are you getting this?

Onawa 11 months ago [–]

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zap

zap: 2 of 3; verb zapped; zapping; zaps

transitive verb 1a: *to get rid of*, destroy, or kill especially with or as if with sudden force

I was using the "to get rid of" portion of the definition.

uoaei 11 months ago | [–]

That implies you've detonated or otherwise destroyed the battery, not merely drawn the energy from it.

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