1. Of or relating to elementary particles having energies of hundreds of thousands of electron volts 
2. Providing a relatively large amount of energy upon undergoing a chemical reaction 
3. Vigorously energetic or forceful
   - high-octane, high-powered, high-power, high-voltage

See also: dynamic, dynamical, energetic, energy

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