turbo-charge
Britishverb
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to supply (an internal-combustion engine or a motor vehicle) with a turbocharger
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to inject extra force and energy into (an activity, undertaking, etc)
a turbo-charged version of the show
Example Sentences
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There’s something to be said for the virtue of relegating important works to a period of obscurity to turbo-charge the excitement of rediscovery.
From Los Angeles Times
A merger also would turbo-charge the shift to streaming.
From Los Angeles Times
They could turbo-charge current non-AI chatbots, known as "rule-based chatbots", which can only answer a set list of questions.
From BBC
"After observing that some types of fungi could trick mosquitoes into thinking they were flowers, we realized we could turbo-charge the attraction by engineering fungi to produce more longifolene, a sweet-smelling compound that's already very common in nature. Before this study, longifolene wasn't known to attract mosquitoes. We're letting nature give us a hint to tell us what works against mosquitoes."
From Science Daily
"The EA buyout is the largest buy-back in Wall Street history and ought to really turbo-charge EA for future growth with the capital it will deliver," he said.
From BBC
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