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🚗 With extra engine power ⚡ Extremely powerful 🏎️ Made much faster
to turbocharged

to turbocharged

5.1
To make something more powerful or faster, often by fitting a turbocharger
  • verb
  • /ˈtɜrboʊˌtʃɑrdʒd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : turboalimentar
  • The engineer turbocharged the car's engine to increase its speed and performance.

Examples

  • After upgrading the software, they turbocharged the system's processing speed significantly.

  • To enhance overall productivity, the team turbocharged their marketing strategies with new technology.

  • Remember, against Huawei initially ZTE and Joe Biden turbocharged because, you know, I was puzzled from for for quite a few years now.

Synonyms

supercharged
vsto turbocharged
  • Specialized
4 5.8

An engine fitted with a part that pushes extra air to make more power

increases power using exhaust gases to drive the compressor rather than mechanical drive

Antonyms

to reduce
∞ 1.6

To make something smaller in amount, size, or number

to diminish
201 3.7

To become less in size, importance, or value

How Boosted

supercharged
  • Specialized
4 5.8
to turbocharged
  • Specialized
5.1
to boost
265 2.5
enhanced
1 3.7
improved
2.1

Surface Forms

turbocharged infinitive
turbocharged past
turbocharged past participle
turbocharging present participle
turbocharges third person singular

Morphology

turbocharged = turbocharge (transparent) = turbo + charge + ed

The verb is the past tense/participle of the productive verb 'turbocharge'; the formation is a regular verb inflection.

Etymology

Turbocharged used as a verb comes from the engine idea: turbo is a fast-spinning fan that adds power and charge means 'to give energy'. So to turbocharge something is to make it much stronger, faster, or more effective by giving it a big boost.