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charged

[ chahrjd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

intense; impassioned:
an emotionally charged speech.
fraught with emotion:
the charged atmosphere of the room.
capable of producing violent emotion, arousing controversy, etc.:
the highly charged issue of birth control.
Electricity. pertaining to a particle, body, or system possessing a net amount of positive or negative electric charge.

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well-charged adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of charged¹

1275–1325; Middle English, for sense “laden, filled”; 1785–95 charged fordef 1; charge, -ed ²

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Example Sentences

A 13-year-old girl appeared in court holding a teddy bear while she was charged with murdering a woman whose body was found after a house fire.

From BBC

But immigration remains one of the most charged topics in the nation’s Capitol, and any agricultural labor bill would need to garner support in a Republican-controlled Congress and White House.

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Weston Cage was arrested last June and charged with two felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon.

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Both men are charged with two counts of possession for sale of a controlled substance, and Mariscal is also charged with unlawful possession of ammunition.

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Federal prosecutors, meanwhile, charged Phillips 66 last year with violating the U.S.

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