energy surge
Sudden power increase
An energy surge is a sudden, intense increase in power or vitality.
In electrical systems, it's a spike in current that can damage equipment: The lightning strike caused an energy surge that fried the computer.
Applied to people, it describes a burst of physical or mental vigor: She felt an energy surge after her morning coffee.
Energy surges can be welcome boosts or dangerous overloads, depending on context.
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- joltAbrupt forceful shake
- spikeSharp rise or point
- rushQuick sudden movement
- adrenaline rushIntense sudden excitement
burst · electricity · voltage · current · electric shock · shock · adrenaline · sugar rush · pulse · wave · charge · bolt · bolt of lightning · zap · intensity · thunderbolt · lightning · overload
- surgesupsurge, power spike
- stress responsefight-or-flight, adrenaline, cortisol, epinephrine, freeze response
energy surgepower outage
Loss of electrical supply
blackout · power failure · energy deficit · brownout · power loss
energy surgesteady state
Unchanging system condition
gradual decline · equilibrium · baseline · slow drain · even keel
energy surgeenergy crash
Abrupt vitality loss
exhaustion · fatigue · burnout · lethargy · weariness
energy, surge, energies, energetic, energetically, energize, energized, energizing, energizer