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What does high-octane mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word high-octane? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (of fuel) having a high octane number, good anti-knock characteristics; used in high performance vehicles
  2. (by extension) high powered, energetic, forceful or dynamic
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There is a region in south Philadelphia where the underground water is known to be polluted with high-octane gasoline.
He's a high-octane attorney who has assumed the case of a young lady's disappearance.
Even the most high-octane petrolhead should make time for a tour of Goodwood House, which is open from March to October.
For the first time, Rupert Murdoch's high-octane conservative channel beat out CNN, a division of AOL-Time Warner, in the ratings war in January.
One of the main challenges of filming, he says, lay in translating the passion and the high-octane energy of the sport to the screen.
This episode illuminates the omnipresent peril the current president faces in having such a high-profile, high-octane frenemy.

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