Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb irradiate

3 senses of irradiate

Sense 1
enlighten, irradiate -- (give spiritual insight to; in religion)
       => prophesy, vaticinate -- (predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration)

Sense 2
irradiate -- (cast rays of light upon)
       => lighten, lighten up -- (become lighter; "The room lightened up")

Sense 3
irradiate, ray -- (expose to radiation; "irradiate food")
       => process, treat -- (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill")