galvanize into action

galvanize someone into action

Fig. to stimulate someone into some activity. The explosion galvanized Martha into action. We were galvanized into action by the storm.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Petter	-	Swedish, Norwegian
Yima	-	Persian Mythology
Evgeniya	yev-GYE-nee-yah (Russian), eev-GYE-nee-yah (Russian)	Bulgarian, Russian
Marija	-	Croatian, Slovene, Serbian, Macedonian, Lithuanian, Latvian
Aelfric	['ælfrik]
Celina	tse-LEE-nah	Polish