supercharge
Americanverb (used with object)
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to charge with an abundant or excessive amount, as of energy, emotion, or tension.
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to supply air to (an internal-combustion engine) at greater than atmospheric pressure.
verb
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to increase the air intake pressure of (an internal-combustion engine) with a supercharger; boost
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to charge (the atmosphere, a remark, etc) with an excess amount of (tension, emotion, etc)
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to apply pressure to (a fluid); pressurize
Etymology
Origin of supercharge
Example Sentences
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Leveraged ETFs allow nearly anyone with a brokerage account the chance to supercharge their exposure to a stock market that has been posting gains not seen since the dot-com bubble a generation ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Company executives hosted dinners, discussions and cocktail parties throughout the week to court top brands as the company tries to supercharge its recently launched ad business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
The rise in renewables adoption across the U.S. was already expected to cause battery installations to increase steadily through the decade, but data centers will supercharge the growth rate, according to Morgan Stanley.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
Rhodri Talfan Davies, BBC interim director general, added the broadcaster was pleased to be part of a partnership "championing the next generation of leading content creators and helping supercharge UK storytelling".
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
I feel a mad supercharge of life—an intoxication of the senses, perhaps.
From His Hour by Glyn, Elinor
Ohtani gave the Sacramento crowd what it wanted to see: a majestic 432-foot home run, with a supercharged, 112-mph exit velocity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
Years of stock-market gains have supercharged the spending power of older households—especially Baby Boomers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
The Energy Department said that by using low-cost government loans to make a steady series of bulk equipment purchases, the nuclear-power supply chain could be supercharged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Broadcom beat expectations thanks to supercharged growth in its artificial intelligence chip business.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
Ernest was soon to become entwined in the increasingly supercharged atmosphere of suspicion and accusation that anticommunism brought to the Berkeley campus.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Warmer sea surface temperatures drive more moisture into the atmosphere, supercharging storms.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Google is supercharging its Gemini artificial-intelligence model to become more competitive in the era of agentic AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
"From this tragedy, an immense irony is unfolding. Those who've fought to keep the world hooked on fossil fuels are inadvertently supercharging the global renewables boom," he said, without naming countries or companies.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
This is supercharging liquidity at a time of fiscal stimulus which means “financial conditions have eased aggressively over the last three to four weeks.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 23, 2026
The tumultuous state of affairs is supercharging a provocative, highly anticipated new exhibition titled “Monuments,” featuring nearly a dozen removed statues, some towering up to 15 feet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2025
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