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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Increased in power, as by adding a supercharger.
  • adjective Highly energetic; dynamic.
  • adjective Full of excitement or emotional tension.

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  • adjective Equipped with a supercharger
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of supercharge.

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  • adjective (of e.g. an engine) having the power increased by fitting with a supercharger
  • adjective fraught with great emotion

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Examples

  • These have not been, historically, the strength of “movement conservatives,” who prefer arguments built on first principles often expressed in supercharged rhetoric.

    Neogone - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

  • Hardly the latest thing in supercharged doof doof.

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  • Hardly the latest thing in supercharged doof doof.

    Mazda 323 For Sale, $600 - Comes with Blog Ben Barren 2006

  • A short term supercharged mode could even supply twelve power strokes.

    Sustainable Design Update » Blog Archive 2009

  • The Journal's Jon Auerbach captured the kind of supercharged environment that pay incentives can create in a profile of a salesman for EMC Corp. named John Chatwin in 1998.

    How Much Does Pay Matter? Alan Murray 2010

  • The Journal's Jon Auerbach captured the kind of supercharged environment that pay incentives can create in a profile of a salesman for EMC Corp. named John Chatwin in 1998.

    How Much Does Pay Matter? Alan Murray 2010

  • The Journal's Jon Auerbach captured the kind of supercharged environment that pay incentives can create in a profile of a salesman for EMC Corp. named John Chatwin in 1998.

    How Much Does Pay Matter? Alan Murray 2010

  • The Journal's Jon Auerbach captured the kind of supercharged environment that pay incentives can create in a profile of a salesman for EMC Corp. named John Chatwin in 1998.

    How Much Does Pay Matter? Alan Murray 2010

  • The Journal's Jon Auerbach captured the kind of supercharged environment that pay incentives can create in a profile of a salesman for EMC Corp. named John Chatwin in 1998.

    How Much Does Pay Matter? Alan Murray 2010

  • The Journal's Jon Auerbach captured the kind of supercharged environment that pay incentives can create in a profile of a salesman for EMC Corp. named John Chatwin in 1998.

    How Much Does Pay Matter? Alan Murray 2010

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  • "Watch for a white Challenger, license plates initial OA-5599. Colorado plates. Last seen heading for Dunphy on US 40 at cruising speed. We have reason to believe that it's supercharged, so maintain double alert 'til you spot it, and then call in for instructions."

    May 4, 2009