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adrenaline rush en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A surge of strength and energy brought on by a dangerous situation, by, or as if by, adrenaline.
  2. (figuratively, idiomatic) An event or activity which causes such a state.
    • Blackpool continue to thrive on the adrenaline rush of the end-of-season shoot-out and are heading for a second Wembley date in two years after negotiating a nervy path past Birmingham. 2012 May 9, John Percy, “Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report”, in the Telegraph:

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