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Turbocharge
verb, slang
Definitions
Verb
- 1 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). transitive
- 2 To make faster or more powerful. colloquial, transitive
"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 secrete cortisol and adrenaline. How stored fat was dumping into my bloodstream for an energy turbocharge. How my heart was pumping overtime, sending a surge of blood to my muscles and lungs in preparation for what that instructional video called "the evolutionary miracle of fight-or-flight." That morning, I saw Hay and took the former option."
Etymology
From turbo- + charge.
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