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- verb Present participle of
adrenalize .
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Examples
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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After the adrenalizing opening combo of "Buried Alive >
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