Usage Note
Accélérateur refers to the accelerator pedal in a vehicle (appuyer sur l'accélérateur) and in physics/chemistry to a particle accelerator or chemical catalyst. The verb is accélérer and the noun for the process is accélération. Appuyer sur l'accélérateur is also used figuratively to mean 'to speed things up'.
Examples
"Il a appuyé sur l'accélérateur pour doubler le camion."
Natural Translation
He pressed the accelerator to overtake the truck.
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