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boosting

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Boosting is a method of inducing autonomic dysreflexia with the intention of enhancing performance in sport. It can be used by an athlete with a spinal cord injury to increase their blood pressure and is performed by causing a painful stimulus in the lower ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of boost English)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Boost \Boost\ (b[=oo]st), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boosted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Boosting .] [Cf. Boast , v. i.] To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up; hence, to assist in overcoming obstacles, or in making advancement. [Colloq. ...

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Their minds remained separate, Hazel maintaining a firm barrier between their thoughts, but physically they became more and more in sync, until all the aftereffects of the boostings had burned away, his pain soothed and healed, and Owen was himself again.