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  • verb Present participle of adrenalize.

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Examples

  • Humming along one morning, listening to NPR, I was suddenly distracted from the mellifluous tones of Laura Knoy by an adrenalizing buzz coming from the left hand side of the dashboard.

    Spider in the car! « The Life and Times of Organic Mama 2007

  • And the alcohol, as was its evil genius, was only egotizing and adrenalizing matters, making them worse.

    Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000

  • So that -- so that McCain getting a beating in South Carolina, that has the effect of adrenalizing, so to speak, the media, because the race becomes even more intense: New Hampshire, South Carolina.

    CNN Transcript - Reliable Sources: Will the Media Turn Its Back on John McCain? - February 20, 2000 2000

  • And the alcohol, as was its evil genius, was only egotizing and adrenalizing matters, making them worse.

    Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000

  • Set against a backdrop of Who anthems the film follows Jimmy's struggle to find a status, identity and glamour for which he yearns, and for which he seems to find for a few fleeting moments at an adrenalizing mod/rocker weekend clash in the English resort town of Brighton.

    Quadrophenia 1979

  • Adopting the song in the Summer of '93, Phish immediately grew addicted to its futuristic feel, as they opened virtually every second set of the tour with the adrenalizing piece.

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  • What’s tricky is that people who do adrenalizing things or use mind-altering substances often do so because it makes them feel “more alive.”

    The 28 Laws of Attraction Thomas J. Leonard 1998

  • What’s tricky is that people who do adrenalizing things or use mind-altering substances often do so because it makes them feel “more alive.”

    The 28 Laws of Attraction Thomas J. Leonard 1998

  • What’s tricky is that people who do adrenalizing things or use mind-altering substances often do so because it makes them feel “more alive.”

    The 28 Laws of Attraction Thomas J. Leonard 1998

  • After the adrenalizing opening combo of "Buried Alive >

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