Converse of object

• flicker: On takeoff it rolled sharply and away from the crowd, the flickering afterburner adding to the effect.

• hit: The assumption was that when he hit the afterburner, he blew himself up.

Adjective modifier

• full: It really looked and sounded sorta pretty, like a fighter jet on full afterburner.

Modifies a noun

• /activision: Afterburner /Activision ( YS39, 7 ) A technically brill conversion that can't quite make up for the original's shallowness.

• detent: Full sized detachable throttle with Idle and Afterburner detents... .

• setting: The Top Gun AfterBurner Force Feedback joystick is the first joystick combining a full size detachable throttle with Idle and Afterburner settings.