Supercharge

Quick meaning: Supercharge is a verb meaning (transitive) To make faster or more powerful.

Meaning

(transitive) To make faster or more powerful.

More Meanings

1. (electronics, electrics) To recharge a battery cell/pack at an extremely rapid pace.
2. (heraldry) A charge borne upon an ordinary or other charge.
3. (electrics, electronics) An instance of supercharging.
4. (automotive) To increase the power of an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle) by compressing the inlet air with power extracted from the crankshaft.

Example Sentences

Graphene could change the electronics industry, ushering in flexible devices, supercharged quantum computers, electronic clothing and computers that can interface with the cells in your body.

Instead of three co-equal branches acting as a check on each other, power has become increasingly concentrated over the years in the White House – a trend that is now being supercharged under Mr. Trump in ways that, to critics, raise the specter of authoritarianism.

Word Forms

• supercharges
• supercharging
• supercharged

Synonyms for supercharge

Depending on context, synonyms include boost, pressurize.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pressurize, boost, enhance, turbocharge, powershift, push-start.

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