afterburners

• “More specifically, we see the front end design and hard lines of the Lamborghini Reventon fused into a shape that closely resembles that of the Pagani Zonda topped with futuristic styling elements like the dramatic rear end with the massive but weirdly enough, eye-catching jet-inspired 'afterburners' that house the tail lights.”

  Carscoop

• “afterburners" attained ERP levels that would make many an AM broadcast station operator turn green with "power envy.”

  TV Technology

• “After the Celtics weathered the early game storm with a spurt of their own, they owned a 40-35 second-quarter lead when the Lakers turned on their afterburners.”

  Simon & Schuster: One Season

• “Shortly afterward, an F/A-18, a modern Navy jet fighter, flew low at one end of the runway, punched its afterburners and treated the crowd to a thunderous sonic boom as it passed.”

  The Wall Street Journal: In the Navy, 100 Years of Altitude

• “Who knew Shonn Greene had those kinds of afterburners?”

  Sweet, Sweet Sunday!

• “Obama came to USC this afternoon to light some afterburners under a California Democratic ticket that was already doing pretty well, and appears to have succeeded.”

  The Huffington Post: William Bradley: With History Waiting At the Finish Line, Jerry Brown Heads Into the Final Curve of the Race

• “Obama came to USC Friday afternoon to light some afterburners under a California Democratic ticket that was already doing pretty well, and appears to have succeeded.”

  The Huffington Post: William Bradley: With History Waiting At the Finish Line, Jerry Brown Heads Into the Final Curve of the Race

• “Although Ashton can turn on the afterburners, as an ecstatic Twickenham saw with his length-of-the-pitch try against Australia in November, there are many more dimensions to his game.”

  The Guardian: Six Nations 2011: Is Chris Ashton the new Jason Robinson?

• “Their top speed, he said, was "greater than [that] of a fighter jet with its afterburners on, or the space shuttle during atmospheric re-entry".”

  Altogether Too Much Effort?

• “He sometimes flew it so low that the afterburners set fire to grass.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Micron Chief Dies in Crash

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