afterburnern.

1947 Sci. News Let. 2 Aug. 70/1 Emergency spurts of speed of jet-propelled combat planes will result from a development of the Ryan Aeronautical Company which the makers call an ‘after burner’.

1960 Aeroplane 2 Dec. 741/1 At the zoom altitudes which the Mirage is capable of reaching, there is insufficient airflow through the engine to maintain afterburner combustion.

1986 T. Clancy Red Storm Rising (1988) xvii. 206 Ellington eased back on his stick and punched up all full afterburners.

1997 Runner's World Sept. 102/2 Khannouchi..went to the afterburners, and clocked 1:54 in the last half-mile.

2005 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 17 June i. 7/2 This June filing, particularly in the summer before an election, is very important... Every candidate turns on the afterburners.

2008 I. Graham Attack Fighters 17 The F-22 is the only fighter that can fly faster than sound for long periods without using afterburners.

1955 Sci. News Let. 22 Jan. 54/2 Hydrocarbons, along with nitrogen oxides, are now believed to be a smog-forming source when present together in sunlight. The former..could be removed by afterburners.

1973 Times 12 Nov. 29/2 Stench from the Philite factory..has been eliminated by passing the waste gas through after burners.

2008 D. A. Vallero Fund. Air Pollution (ed. 4) xxxii. 822 Using a direct-fired afterburner..to destroy 40 ppb is not an economical use of energy, and some other odor control system may be more desirable.