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Defenition of the word afterburner

    • Defenition of the word afterburner

      • A gadget fitted to the exhaust flues of furnaces and also to the exhaust systems of motor vehicles. They remove polluting gases and particles, which are the result of incompletely combusted fuel, by incineration and break down other chemical molecules associated with combustion into inert chemicals. (Source: WRIGHT)
      • injects fuel into hot exhaust for extra thrust
      • a device injects fuel into a hot exhaust for extra thrust

    Meronymys for the word afterburner

      • turbofan
      • turbofan engine
      • turbojet
      • turbojet engine

    Hypernyms for the word afterburner

      • device

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