power boost
Sudden strength increase
A power boost is a sudden increase in strength, energy, or capability.
The term comes from gaming, where collecting items grants temporary enhanced abilities: The mushroom gives Mario a power boost.
It extends to anything that amplifies performance or output: a power boost to the economy, Coffee gives me the power boost I need in the morning.
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- amplifyIncrease in strength
- amp upIncrease intensity informally
- turboExhaust-powered compressor
- chargeCost or accusation
jolt · supercharge · voltage · energy · energy drink · thrust · accelerate · full throttle · pedal to the metal · rocket · rocket fuel · ignite · unleash · overdrive · high octane · kickstart · juice · adrenaline
- ___ boost
- power-upsbuff, extra life, invincibility, 1-up, mushroom
- amplificationgain, loudness, magnification, intensification, augmentation
- Appliance Settingsbake, broil, defrost, warm, reheat
- cooktop featuresinduction cooktop
- powerauthority, potency, energy, hydropower, horsepower
power boostpower drain
Gradual loss of charge
power loss · power cut · brownout · depletion · discharge
power boostdebuff
Harmful status effect
weakening · handicap · impairment · downgrade · degradation
power, boost, powers, powered, powering, powerful, powerfully, powerless, powerlessness