turbocharge

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turbocharge

verb turbocharges · turbocharging · turbocharged

transitive To increase the power of (an internal combustion engine, either Otto or Diesel cycle) by compressing the inlet air with power extracted from the exhaust air (through using a turbocharger).
colloquial, transitive To make faster or more powerful. Six weeks after that moment, in a darkened classroom at Oceanside Community College, I would learn via an anger management class video about the cardiology, neurology, and endocrinology of rage—about how, as I reached for that wrench, my hypothalamus was instant-messaging my adrenal glands to secret

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@misc{turbocharge_2026,
  title = {turbocharge},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/turbocharge},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}