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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American companies including Nvidia had a stranglehold on the most advanced chips that the U.A.E. needed to supercharge its AI capabilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
The idea is that they supercharge their employability.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Andreessen Horowitz investor Matt Bornstein said leading labs are simply being “rational economic actors” in denying customers the ability to supercharge their own models, creating a need for a startup like Mirendil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 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
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
The Covid-19 pandemic had supercharged America’s snacking habit: Some 70% of consumers were eating at least two per day, Smucker said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
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
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
Like I said before, I hadn’t exactly been taking notes, but all of a sudden the atmosphere was supercharged and from here on in the sermon got fairly hard to forget.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
AI is supercharging employers’ background checks, making it easier and cheaper to track workers’ online history with more depth than before, Callum Borchers writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Warmer sea surface temperatures drive more moisture into the atmosphere, supercharging storms.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 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
At the same time, there’s healthy debate over whether the same phenomenon is also making wet periods wetter, as warmer air can hold more moisture, potentially supercharging storms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025
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