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adrenaline

[uh-dren-l-in, -een] / əˈdrɛn l ɪn, -ˌin /
NOUN
state of excitement
Synonyms
STRONGEST
epinephrine
STRONG
WEAK
Antonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK


Example Sentences

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When the body needs fuel between meals or during fasting, hormones such as adrenaline trigger the release of that stored energy.

From Science Daily • May 8, 2026

During fasting, adrenaline activates HSL and pushes it out of the nucleus so it can help mobilize fat stores.

From Science Daily • May 8, 2026

The actress plays an outdoors-loving adrenaline junkie harassed by a group of hunters in director Baltasar Kormákur’s spectacular, unsettling film.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Glover, born in 1976 in Pomona, was an adrenaline junkie who dreamed of being everything from a stuntman to a race car driver.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

“Sorry. Something about the adrenaline associated with this treasure hunt has shifted my brain into hyperdrive.”

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein



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