strength boost

Temporary might gain

A strength boost is a temporary increase in power or capability.

The term comes from video games, where players collect items or activate abilities that enhance their character's strength for a limited time: I need a strength boost before fighting the boss.

Outside gaming, it describes anything that provides a surge of energy or improved performance: That coffee was just the strength boost I needed.

Related

vitality · fortify · buff · amplify · muscle · brute force · vigor · enhance · potent · charge · fuel · adrenaline · uplift · empower · invigorate · supercharge · jolt · stamina

Categories
Opposites
enhancement vs. diminishment

strength boostpower drain

Gradual loss of charge

weakening · enfeeblement · debuff · nerf · handicap

external aid vs. inherent capability

strength boostnatural ability

Innate capacity for something

base stats

empowerment vs. debilitation

strength boostdebuff

Harmful status effect

nerf · handicap · impairment · hindrance · curse

Family

strength, boost, strong, strongly, stronger, strongest, strengthen, strengthened, strengthening

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G