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What is an afterburner?

What is an afterburner? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (aviation) A device in the engine of an aircraft which injects fuel into the exhaust system to increase the thrust.
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Investigation of the left engine revealed a ruptured afterburner fuel line deep inside the engine bay.
After 20 seconds of afterburner use, the afterburner failed and the nozzle fully closed due to oil loss.
Navy as their primary jet fighter in the Korean War period, and it was one of the first jet fighters to employ an afterburner.
Because of its smaller thrust and lack of an afterburner, it has a lower removal rate than the F100 engines analyzed.
It may be as high as the 1000K exhaust gas temperature for a supersonic afterburning engine or 2200K with afterburner lit.
Each time the team fired the engine's afterburner, the ground and neighboring buildings shook.

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