augmenter

noun

aug·​ment·​er

variants or augmentor

ȯg-ˈmen-tər 

ˈȯg-ˌmen-

plural -s

: one that augments

specifically : a tube enclosing the exhaust jet of a jet engine to give more thrust

called also thrust augmentor

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