The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

zap \zap\ (z[a^]p), v. t.
   1. to shoot, destroy, or inactivate; my TV set was zapped by
      lightning.
      [PJC]

   2. to bomb with an atomic bomb.

   Syn: nuke, atomize.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   3. to cook or heat in a microwave oven.

   Syn: microwave, micro-cook, nuke.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   4. to subject to radiation, a laser beam, a strong electric
      current, or other potentially destructive treatment.
      [PJC]

   5. to skip over (e. g. a commercial or dull interval in a
      television program) by using the fast-forward button on a
      VCR remove control.
      [PJC]

   6. to add interest, color, or attractiveness to; to liven; --
      usually used with up. --[RHUD]
      [PJC]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

zap
    n 1: a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually
         with a dramatic impact; "they gave it another zap of
         radiation"
    v 1: strike suddenly and with force; "This show zaps the viewers
         with some shocking scenes"
    2: kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric
       current or as if by shooting; "in this computer game, space
       travellers are vaporized by aliens" [syn: zap, vaporize]
    3: strike at with firepower or bombs; "zap the enemy" [syn:
       nuke, atomize, atomise, zap]
    4: cook or heat in a microwave oven; "You can microwave the
       leftovers" [syn: microwave, micro-cook, zap, nuke]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

45 Moby Thesaurus words for "zap":
   KO, blast, blot out, bump off, call off, cancel, complete, croak,
   delete, dispose of, do in, drop the curtain, end off, erase,
   expunge, extinguish, finalize, finish, fix, fold up, get,
   get it over, get over with, get through with, give the business,
   give the quietus, gun down, hit, ice, kayo, kibosh, kill,
   knock out, lay out, off, perfect, polish off, put paid to, rub out,
   scrag, settle, shoot down, take care of, waste, wipe out



V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):

ZAP
       ZFS Attribute Processor (ZFS)


The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):

zap


    1. n. Spiciness.

    2. vt. To make food spicy.

    3. vt. To make someone ?suffer? by making his food spicy. (Most hackers
    love spicy food. Hot-and-sour soup is considered wimpy unless it makes you
    wipe your nose for the rest of the meal.) See zapped.

    4. vt. To modify, usually to correct; esp. used when the action is
    performed with a debugger or binary patching tool. Also implies surgical
    precision. ?Zap the debug level to 6 and run it again.? In the IBM
    mainframe world, binary patches are applied to programs or to the OS with a
    program called ?superzap?, whose file name is ?IMASPZAP? (possibly
    contrived from I M A SuPerZAP).

    5. vt. To erase or reset.

    6. To fry a chip with static electricity. ?Uh oh ? I think that lightning
    strike may have zapped the disk controller.?


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

ZAP

   1.  A language for expressing program
   transformations.

   ["A System for Assisting Program Transformation",
   M.S. Feather, ACM TOPLAS 4(1):1-20, Jan 1982].

   2. Zero and Add Packed.

   (2001-03-25)


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

zap

    1. To modify, usually to correct; especially used
   when the action is performed with a debugger or binary
   patching tool.  Also implies surgical precision.  "Zap the
   debug level to 6 and run it again."

   In the IBM mainframe world, binary patches are applied to
   programs or to the operating system with a program called
   "superzap", whose file name is "IMASPZAP" (possibly
   contrived from I M A SuPerZAP).

   See also Zero and Add Packed.

   2. To fry a chip with static electricity.  "Uh oh - I think
   that lightning strike may have zapped the disk controller."

   (1998-07-08)


U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Zap, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
   Population (2000):    231
   Housing Units (2000): 129
   Land area (2000):     1.041613 sq. miles (2.697764 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.041613 sq. miles (2.697764 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            88140
   Located within:       North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
   Location:             47.287157 N, 101.923787 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     58580
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Zap, ND
    Zap