supercharge

verb

su·​per·​charge ˈsü-pər-ˌchärj How to pronounce supercharge (audio)
supercharged; supercharging; supercharges

transitive verb

1
: to charge greatly or excessively (as with vigor or tension)
2
: to supply a charge to the intake of (an engine) at a pressure higher than that of the surrounding atmosphere
3
supercharge noun

Examples of supercharge in a Sentence

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More drought and higher temperatures, fueled by climate change, supercharge those conditions. Simon Hill, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2024 And while the appetite for digital consumption wasn’t exactly ravenous in Peacock’s early days, younger fans have since proven instrumental in supercharging the binary binging. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 13 Dec. 2024 Some experts who spoke to ABC News attributed the anti-corporate outcry to a host of overlapping trends: widening wealth inequality and a perception of an economy rigged against everyday people, blistering rhetoric supercharged by social media and a populist strain of politics that faults elites. Max Zahn, ABC News, 12 Dec. 2024 Yet the Administration now taking shape looks less likely to restrain capitalism than to supercharge it. Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for supercharge 

Word History

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of supercharge was in 1846

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“Supercharge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supercharge. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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