Related Clues:

• Stuns, as with a phaser
• Track meet divisions
• Hits with electricity
• Nukes in the microwave
• Eliminating rounds of a race
• Tases
• Warms up in the oven
• Hits with a laser
• Skips in video playback
• Warms up for the preliminary races
• Sci-fi sound effects
• Race prelims
• Hits, as in laser tag
• Adds thermal energy to
• Begins to get exciting, with 'up'