turbocharge

[ tur-boh-chahrj ]

/ ˈtɜr boʊˌtʃɑrdʒ /

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verb (used with object), tur·bo·charged, tur·bo·charg·ing.

to equip (an internal-combustion engine) with a turbocharger.

Informal. to speed up; accelerate.

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Origin of turbocharge

First recorded in 1940–45; turbo- + (super)charge

How to use turbocharge in a sentence

That is a fact recorded by the doctor in charge of the ambulance at the inquest.
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I was convicted a year later and sentenced to death—a charge later overturned by the Supreme Court when it called for a retrial.
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As late as the fifth century, powerful aristocratic women took charge of the commemoration of the dead in Rome.
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He was voluble in his declarations that they would “put the screws” to Ollie on the charge of perjury.
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The mother's lips could not finish the charge she was about to put upon her innocent child.
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There was a time when Aristide Pujol, in sole charge of an automobile, went gaily scuttering over the roads of France.
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Louis was not less astonished at this charge, than the Empress had been at the communication which aroused it.
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The Countess drew a beautiful miniature from its case, which lay on the sofa near her, and presented it to her young charge.
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British Dictionary definitions for turbocharge

turbo-charge

verb (tr)

to supply (an internal-combustion engine or a motor vehicle) with a turbocharger

to inject extra force and energy into (an activity, undertaking, etc)a turbo-charged version of the show

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