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charged

[ chahrjd ]

adjective

  1. intense; impassioned:

    an emotionally charged speech.

  2. fraught with emotion:

    the charged atmosphere of the room.

  3. capable of producing violent emotion, arousing controversy, etc.:

    the highly charged issue of birth control.

  4. Electricity. pertaining to a particle, body, or system possessing a net amount of positive or negative electric charge.


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Other Words From

  • well-charged adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of charged1

1275–1325; Middle English, for sense “laden, filled”; 1785–95 charged fordef 1; charge, -ed 2

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Example Sentences

This lay the final groundwork for charged particles and magnetism.

That process creates a mix of charged and neutral particles, including electrons and ions, that can produce reactive species of nitrogen and oxygen.

Put salt in water, and its sodium and chlorine will dissolve into water and become charged ions.

The sheriff charged them with truancy, and then he and his officers ran them out of town.

The mother, Emily Kruse, was charged with obstructing justice and intimidating a witness.

The father, Jean Paul Kruse, was later charged with rape and sexual abuse.

Passengers were asked to make sure their phones and other devices were charged so that they could be switched on for inspection.

The attack in which Murray is charged has been front-page news in New York for almost a week.

For several months he remained under a political cloud, charged with incompetency to quell the Philippine Rebellion.

The engineer officer charged with preparing the line of retreat reported that the one bridge across the Elster was not sufficient.

In the remembrance of them her expression and her attitude became charged with more definite meaning.

No guilt was charged against any one, although the wounded man said that he conjectured that it was Captain Silvestre de Aybar.

Black Sheep was sent to the drawing-room and charged into a solid tea-table laden with china.

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