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💥 To make stronger ⚙️ To boost pressure
to supercharge

to supercharge

7.0
To raise the pressure of air or liquid entering an engine
  • verb
  • /ˈsuːpərˌtʃɑːrdʒ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : aumentar la presión
  • The engineer designed a new system to supercharge the fuel efficiency of the engine.

Examples

  • And then suddenly dropping in the the engine of a sports car into it supercharged, you know, goes a lot faster, you got a lot more power.

  • To improve performance, the mechanics decided to supercharge the vehicle's intake system.

  • By modifying the exhaust system, they were able to supercharge the car's engine and boost its power.

Synonyms

to pressurize
vsto supercharge
  • Specialized
30 5.2

To increase or keep air pressure inside a closed space using a machine

focuses on raising fluid pressure within engines or mechanical systems
to turbocharge
vsto supercharge
1 6.2

To make something much faster or more effective

raises fluid pressure specifically rather than general performance improvement

Antonyms

to reduce
∞ 1.6

To make something smaller in amount, size, or number

decrease
84 2.2

A drop in amount or number

How Powerful

to supercharge
  • Specialized
7.0
to pressurize
  • Specialized
30 5.2
to boost
265 2.5

Surface Forms

supercharge infinitive
supercharged past
supercharged past participle
supercharging present participle
supercharges third person singular

Morphology

supercharge = charge (semi-transparent) = super + charge

The morphological formation 'super-' + 'charge' clearly signals an increase, but the engine sense uses technical meaning of 'charge' (air/fuel mixture), which may be less immediately obvious to some learners.

Etymology

Supercharge comes from the parts super- meaning 'above' or 'extra' and charge meaning 'to put in' or 'load', and it was first used for engines where extra air or gas is pushed in under pressure. So to supercharge an engine is to push in extra air or pressure to make it more powerful.