Firepower
noun
The amount of power or effectiveness of an army, weapons, etc.
The country has increased its military firepower in the last few years.
Often appears as...
- increase firepower
- reduce firepower
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Military
noun
The power or effectiveness something or someone has in getting things done.
Their company has a lot of firepower when it comes to marketing.
Often appears as...
- marketing firepower
- financial firepower
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Business
noun
The amount of power or effectiveness of an army, weapons, etc.
The country has increased its military firepower in the last few years.
Often appears as...
- increase firepower
- reduce firepower
Usage tips
Military
noun
The power or effectiveness something or someone has in getting things done.
Their company has a lot of firepower when it comes to marketing.
Often appears as...
- marketing firepower
- financial firepower
Usage tips
Business
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Military Context
Used mostly to discuss strength and capabilities in a military or combat setting.
During the conflict, our troops showcased immense firepower.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Guns
'Firepower' extends beyond guns: it includes tanks, jets, and naval strength.
The air force added to the overall firepower of the forces.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Usage
Could be used figuratively to mean 'bringing out the big guns' on an issue.
We need more firepower to push this bill through Congress.
Pro Tip 1/3Military Context
Used mostly to discuss strength and capabilities in a military or combat setting.
During the conflict, our troops showcased immense firepower.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Guns
'Firepower' extends beyond guns: it includes tanks, jets, and naval strength.
The air force added to the overall firepower of the forces.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Usage
Could be used figuratively to mean 'bringing out the big guns' on an issue.
We need more firepower to push this bill through Congress.
Pro Tip 1/3Military Context
Used mostly to discuss strength and capabilities in a military or combat setting.
During the conflict, our troops showcased immense firepower.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Guns
'Firepower' extends beyond guns: it includes tanks, jets, and naval strength.
The air force added to the overall firepower of the forces.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Usage
Could be used figuratively to mean 'bringing out the big guns' on an issue.
We need more firepower to push this bill through Congress.
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Bee vs. Jumping Spider PIPE...
you're about to meet the spider equivalent of a stealthy jungle cat this Virginian specimen is the jumping spider and it packs a ton of stalking pouncing killing firepower in its tiny body here's the victim this be the jumping
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Bee vs. Jumping Spider PIPE...
you're about to meet the spider equivalent of a stealthy jungle cat this Virginian specimen is the jumping spider and it packs a ton of stalking pouncing killing firepower in its tiny body here's the victim this be the jumping
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Daniel Suarez: The kill...
This raises the very real possibility of anonymous war. This could tilt the geopolitical balance on its head, make it very difficult for a nation to turn its firepower against an attacker, and that could shift the balance
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Chris McKnett: The...
That's eight and a half times the GDP of the U.S. That's the world's largest economy. That's some serious freaking firepower. So we can reconsider some of these pressing challenges, like fresh water, clean air,
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Mosquito Death Squad PIPE...
mosquitoes are spreading a disease called chikungunya it's already been reported in 47 states at the Centers for Disease Control they are fighting back against the mosquito the CDC brings a lot of firepower to
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Liz Coleman's call to...
that defied credulity. A harrowing predilection for the uses of force had become commonplace, with an equal distaste for the alternative forms of influence. At the same time, all of our firepower was impotent
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Miami Drug Cartel PIPE...
like it but it's only the start of a terrifying decade Dave land now set the mark we had never encountered any County violence like that in the face of the killer's firepower the cops begin to
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Bee vs. Jumping Spider PIPE...
you're about to meet the spider equivalent of a stealthy jungle cat this Virginian specimen is the jumping spider and it packs a ton of stalking pouncing killing firepower in its tiny body
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How to rebuild the...
exactly with that purpose. What we are known best for, we are the financial first responder. We are coming in this incredible shock with very significant financial firepower.
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Alaska Bush Troopers
a relative of mine and he was pointing a gun at someone threatening to kill him when confronted with heavy firepower olic has little in the way of protection
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Bee vs. Jumping Spider PIPE...
you're about to meet the spider equivalent of a stealthy jungle cat this Virginian specimen is the jumping spider and it packs a ton of stalking pouncing killing firepower in its tiny body here's the victim this be the jumping
Video examples
Bee vs. Jumping Spider PIPE...
you're about to meet the spider equivalent of a stealthy jungle cat this Virginian specimen is the jumping spider and it packs a ton of stalking pouncing killing firepower in its tiny body here's the victim this be the jumping
Video examples
Daniel Suarez: The kill...
This raises the very real possibility of anonymous war. This could tilt the geopolitical balance on its head, make it very difficult for a nation to turn its firepower against an attacker, and that could shift the balance
Video examples
Chris McKnett: The...
That's eight and a half times the GDP of the U.S. That's the world's largest economy. That's some serious freaking firepower. So we can reconsider some of these pressing challenges, like fresh water, clean air,
Video examples
Mosquito Death Squad PIPE...
mosquitoes are spreading a disease called chikungunya it's already been reported in 47 states at the Centers for Disease Control they are fighting back against the mosquito the CDC brings a lot of firepower to
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Liz Coleman's call to...
that defied credulity. A harrowing predilection for the uses of force had become commonplace, with an equal distaste for the alternative forms of influence. At the same time, all of our firepower was impotent
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Miami Drug Cartel PIPE...
like it but it's only the start of a terrifying decade Dave land now set the mark we had never encountered any County violence like that in the face of the killer's firepower the cops begin to
Video examples
Bee vs. Jumping Spider PIPE...
you're about to meet the spider equivalent of a stealthy jungle cat this Virginian specimen is the jumping spider and it packs a ton of stalking pouncing killing firepower in its tiny body
Video examples
How to rebuild the...
exactly with that purpose. What we are known best for, we are the financial first responder. We are coming in this incredible shock with very significant financial firepower.
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Alaska Bush Troopers
a relative of mine and he was pointing a gun at someone threatening to kill him when confronted with heavy firepower olic has little in the way of protection
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Hampton Sides
American Historian
The forties are the time when you begin to take notice of certain aches and pains. Your body and brain behave in inexplicable ways: Less hair on your head, more in your ears and nostrils. More memories in the bank, less synaptic firepower with which to access them. Gravity has started to show its inexorable pull.
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Drew Gilpin Faust
American Historian
I think that the firepower of the Civil War, the numbers of bodies that were left to rot, the numbers of amputations in the Civil War, all of this created threats to the understanding of the human being as an integral soul, as a body and soul that could be united.
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Rodney Frelinghuysen
American Politician
To keep providing our soldiers, sailors and Marines with 21st-century firepower, Picatinny needs 21st-century laboratories and research and development facilities.
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Matt Hancock
British Politician
The strong economy means there is fiscal firepower and we need to use that to show people the benefits of the free-market system.
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Max Brooks
American Author
You assume things, like whatever country has more firepower wins the wars, and that's actually not true at all.
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Hampton Sides
American Historian
The forties are the time when you begin to take notice of certain aches and pains. Your body and brain behave in inexplicable ways: Less hair on your head, more in your ears and nostrils. More memories in the bank, less synaptic firepower with which to access them. Gravity has started to show its inexorable pull.
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Drew Gilpin Faust
American Historian
I think that the firepower of the Civil War, the numbers of bodies that were left to rot, the numbers of amputations in the Civil War, all of this created threats to the understanding of the human being as an integral soul, as a body and soul that could be united.
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Rodney Frelinghuysen
American Politician
To keep providing our soldiers, sailors and Marines with 21st-century firepower, Picatinny needs 21st-century laboratories and research and development facilities.
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Matt Hancock
British Politician
The strong economy means there is fiscal firepower and we need to use that to show people the benefits of the free-market system.
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Max Brooks
American Author
You assume things, like whatever country has more firepower wins the wars, and that's actually not true at all.
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