charged

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of charge

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   Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?

   2012 March-April, Jan Sapp, “Race Finished”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, United States: Sigma Xi, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2015, page 164

comparative more charged · superlative most charged

1. Arousing strong emotion.

   a charged issue in American politics

   Synonyms: heated

2. Showing or having strong emotion.

   an emotionally charged plea

3. Fraught with emotion; tense.

   Eva approached me , and her closeness made my senses come alive. There was a charged moment where words seemed superfluous. She finally broke the silence. "So, Killian, why did you really want me here on stage? You insisted that I didn't need to audition. Was this even about the music?"

   2023 October 19, Haliya May, Savage Devotion, Haliya May

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   It was an emotionally charged moment when President Barack Obama addressed a joint session of the US Congress for the first time during his administration. It was also a charged moment because of failing economies in the US and around the world. Congress and the public waited to hear how he proposed to help solve the problem. President Obama suggested several strategies[…]

   2016 April 8, Lindon J. Robison, Bryan K. Ritchie, Relationship Economics: The Social Capital Paradigm and its Application to Business, Politics and Other Transactions, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 217

4. Having electricity.

   a charged phone

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