turbocharge
Americanverb (used with object)
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to equip (an internal-combustion engine) with a turbocharger.
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Informal. to speed up; accelerate.
Etymology
Origin of turbocharge
First recorded in 1940–45; turbo- + (super)charge
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North American Blue Energy Partners, led by Alejandro Betancourt, plans to dispatch more than 50 drilling rigs to the country over the next few years in an effort to turbocharge Venezuela’s crude production.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Multinational corporations are getting nearly $200 billion back in tariff refunds from the U.S. government, helping to turbocharge some companies’ earnings.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
"It is a golden opportunity to turbocharge the development of the game globally."
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
AI is going to completely turbocharge that type of development for anything across the research-and-development spectrum.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
To do justice to the increased obsession with death and destiny, someone needed to turbocharge music’s engine.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
The boom in demand, however, was turbocharged by the rapid development of artificial-intelligence infrastructure in the last couple of years.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
The strategy reverses a yearslong expansion of product selection to meet consumer demand for new colors, styles and sizes that was turbocharged by endless options available on e-commerce sites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
But Audi and Mercedes, for example, would prefer the engines to be turbocharged.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
In studies, mFLUSIVA was compared to standard-dose vaccines, but not the various kinds of turbocharged flu shots that have been made available for years for seniors, according to Pan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The kid who might once have cruised through town showing off his new Mustang is more apt to invite friends over to see his turbocharged new hard drive.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
New building techniques are turbocharging the data-center boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Cembalest was also alarmed by the rapidly mounting margin debt accumulated by retail traders that was turbocharging the rally, and the market risks from the multiplication of leveraged ETFs on the sector.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
There was a concern elsewhere in the top flight that Newcastle could look to finance such a push within the rules by turbocharging revenues through lucrative sponsorship deals with Saudi companies.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Read: Debt-fueled bets are turbocharging the South Korean stock market as Kospi jumps 8%
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026
A variety of what’s known as forced induction, turbocharging increases the volume of air fed into the cylinders, thereby increasing power output.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
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