afterburner
Jet engine injector
An afterburner is a device in jet engines that injects extra fuel into the exhaust stream, producing additional thrust at the cost of higher fuel consumption.
Fighter jets use afterburners for takeoff, rapid acceleration, or combat maneuvers: The pilot hit the afterburner and climbed steeply.
Figuratively, to kick in the afterburners is to accelerate effort dramatically.
Make food steaming again
- turbojetTurbine-powered aircraft propulsion
- turbofanHigh-bypass aircraft engine
- thrustForceful forward motion
- nozzleFlow-directing pipe fitting
exhaust · plume · scramjet · ramjet · ignition · fuel injection · combustor · tailpipe
Burning gas made visible
- ignitionStarting combustion process
- reheatMake food steaming again
- glowSteady, soft light
- plumeOrnamental feather or rising column
fuel · oxidation · heat · thermal · temperature · luminous · orange glow
One who engages in combat
- supersonicExceeding audio velocity
- F-16American fighter jet
- MiG-29Russian fighter aircraft
- F-15U.S. fighter aircraft
SR-71 · Concorde · military · aircraft · jet · throttle · pilot · cockpit
Rate velocity changes
Boost via compressed air
- overdriveEfficiency mode at speed
- boostUpward push or increase
- accelerateIncrease in velocity
- kickFoot-delivered strike
surge · intensity · full throttle · maximum effort · second wind · amplify · ramp up
reheat
Make food steaming again
- turbojetTurbine-powered aircraft propulsion
- turbofanHigh-bypass aircraft engine
- thrustForceful forward motion
nozzle · exhaust · plume · scramjet · ramjet · ignition · fuel injection · combustor · tailpipe · bypass
flame
Burning gas made visible
plume · fuel · oxidation · heat · thermal · temperature · luminous · orange glow
fighter
One who engages in combat
- supersonicExceeding audio velocity
- F-16American fighter jet
- MiG-29Russian fighter aircraft
F-15 · SR-71 · Concorde · military · aircraft · jet · throttle · pilot · cockpit · takeoff
acceleration
Rate velocity changes
power · drag · fuel consumption · climb rate · emergency power
turbocharge
Boost via compressed air
- overdriveEfficiency mode at speed
- boostUpward push or increase
- accelerateIncrease in velocity
kick · surge · intensity · full throttle · maximum effort · second wind · amplify · ramp up
- Air Combatair strike, airstrikes, fighter pilot, bombing run, combat aircraft
- fighter pilot termsfighter jets, interceptors, dogfighting, scramble, combat air patrol
- aerospaceairplane, helicopter, rocket, rockets, spacecraft
- accelerationaccelerate, acceleration, accelerating, speed up, speeding up
- after-afternoon, aftermath, aftertaste, afterward, afterlife
- maximum effortall-out, full throttle, go all out, go hard, all in
afterburneridle
Without activity or purpose
cruise mode · deceleration · military power · reverse thrust · airbrake