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adrenalized

British  
/ əˈdriːnəlaɪzd /

adjective

  1. tense or highly charged

    adrenalized with excitement

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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All these elements simmer and boil as “Task” barrels to the inevitable collision of forces, culminating in tense standoffs, a lengthy, adrenalized action sequence and a few shudder-inducing surprises.

From Salon Sep. 7, 2025

"I knew it had gone wrong a second or two before it did and I knew what was about to happen and I didn't have any kind of a adrenalized response," he said.

From BBC Feb. 17, 2023

The kind of adrenalized, physics-defying mojo that turned Bay's past films like "Armageddon" and "Pearl Harbor" into zeitgeist-y hits don't always work these days.

From Reuters Apr. 10, 2022

Daniel Hart’s adrenalized score, for instance, marked by solo trumpet blasts, sounds like it was pulled from a heroic race-against-time thriller.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2021

An adrenalized people one would, expect to be the first to take advantage of possibilities because of their energy capacity.

From The Glands Regulating Personality by Berman, Louis, M.D.

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