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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The idea is that they supercharge their employability.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
To become a major AI investor and supercharge its trading with the technology, it needs to catch the attention of AI startups and talent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 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
But the move does put Nvidia in a position to supercharge the market for AI-enabled computers and disrupt incumbents in the process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
I feel a mad supercharge of life—an intoxication of the senses, perhaps.
From His Hour by Glyn, Elinor
It is the third largest steerable radio telescope in the world, and its science was supercharged when it was connected to six other telescopes across central England, to create the e-MERLIN network.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Plus, retirement accounts are being supercharged with startup stocks, and a small beach town is in turmoil over a $545,000 email phishing scam.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Zuckerberg has built up a division called Meta Superintelligence Labs in a push for the social network to be the first to develop a supercharged form of AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Over separate video calls from New York, Edebiri and White reflected on “The Bear’s” conclusion and what it means to leave the characters that supercharged their careers behind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Once camp has ended, hopefully my brain will be supercharged enough to come up with a plan to raise more than enough money for Fig.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
Warmer sea surface temperatures drive more moisture into the atmosphere, supercharging storms.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Though the drones’ origins may be subject to debate, there is no question of their impact, supercharging displacement in a conflict that has already forced more than 14 million out of their homes.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026
Anthropic and OpenAI are supercharging their battles for new enterprise customers by ripping a few chapters out of Palantir Technologies’ playbook.
From MarketWatch ● May 4, 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 a shift to DIY medicine, fueled by an ecosystem of direct-to-consumer tools and, of course, AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025
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