afterburner
Aeronautics. a device placed within, or attached to the exit of, a jet-engine exhaust pipe to produce afterburning.
a device for burning exhaust fumes from an internal-combustion engine, as of an automobile.
Origin of afterburner
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How to use afterburner in a sentence
“Whatever he did, the afterburners went on and he went full blast,” Singer said in an interview.
New Clues in the Mysterious Disappearance of Multimillionaire Guma Aguiar | Matthew DeLuca | August 27, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHe predicts that Perry will “turn on the afterburners” now that the initial money pressure is off.
On Tuesday night, he kicked in his afterburners and lit up the sky.
British Dictionary definitions for afterburner
/ (ˈɑːftəˌbɜːnə) /
a device in the exhaust system of an internal-combustion engine for removing or rendering harmless potentially dangerous components in the exhaust gases
a system of fuel injection and combustion located behind the turbine of an aircraft jet engine to produce additional thrust
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