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adrenalin rush

adrenalin rush is the alternative form of adrenaline rush.

Meaning of adrenaline rush

Noun

adrenaline rush (plural adrenaline rushes)

  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

Forms of adrenalin rush

pluraladrenalin rushes

Questions about adrenalin rush

What is adrenalin rush the alternative form of?
Adrenalin rush is the alternative form of adrenaline rush.

Words near adrenalin rush in the dictionary

  1. adrenalectomized
  2. adrenalectomizes
  3. adrenalectomizing
  4. adrenalectomy
  5. adrenalin
  6. adrenalin rush
  7. adrenalin rushes
  8. adrenaline
  9. adrenaline junkie
  10. adrenaline junkies
  11. adrenaline rush

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