Potent
adjective
Having great power, influence, or effect.
He holds a potent weapon in his hands.
Often appears as...
- potent weapon
- potent influence
adjective
In medical terms, having a strong physiological or chemical effect.
This is a potent drug that can cure the infection.
Often appears as...
- potent drug
- potent medicine
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Technical
adjective
In computing terms, having a significant or powerful effect in software or systems.
The potent algorithm improves the system's performance.
Often appears as...
- potent algorithm
- potent software
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Technical
adjective
In literature, being of great significance or having a profound meaning.
The poet uses potent imagery in his work.
Often appears as...
- potent imagery
- potent symbol
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Literary
adjective
Having great power, influence, or effect.
He holds a potent weapon in his hands.
Often appears as...
- potent weapon
- potent influence
adjective
In medical terms, having a strong physiological or chemical effect.
This is a potent drug that can cure the infection.
Often appears as...
- potent drug
- potent medicine
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
In computing terms, having a significant or powerful effect in software or systems.
The potent algorithm improves the system's performance.
Often appears as...
- potent algorithm
- potent software
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
In literature, being of great significance or having a profound meaning.
The poet uses potent imagery in his work.
Often appears as...
- potent imagery
- potent symbol
Usage tips
Literary
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Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Use 'potent' to express a strong emotional influence or presence.
Her words had a potent emotional impact on the audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
Remember that 'potent' can refer to negative power as well.
The dictator's potent rule was feared by all.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
'Potent' can be used figuratively to describe compelling ideas or arguments.
He made a potent case for changing the school policy.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Use 'potent' to express a strong emotional influence or presence.
Her words had a potent emotional impact on the audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
Remember that 'potent' can refer to negative power as well.
The dictator's potent rule was feared by all.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
'Potent' can be used figuratively to describe compelling ideas or arguments.
He made a potent case for changing the school policy.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Use 'potent' to express a strong emotional influence or presence.
Her words had a potent emotional impact on the audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
Remember that 'potent' can refer to negative power as well.
The dictator's potent rule was feared by all.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
'Potent' can be used figuratively to describe compelling ideas or arguments.
He made a potent case for changing the school policy.
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Would You Eat Bull...
cut it open and wash it clean if you don't then you'll have the taste of urine in your food could this really be a meal prized for centuries by Chinese emperors traditionally it was considered a potent aphrodisiac the Chinese version of viagra for help with his recipe chef
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Can we eat to starve...
potent than the actual drugs soy parsley garlic grapes berries I could go home and cook a tasty meal using these ingredients so imagine if we could create the world's first rating system in which we could score foods according to their anti-angiogenic cancer
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Your kids might live on...
We get more protection from radiation, more atmosphere makes us warmer, makes the planet warmer, so we get running water and that makes crops possible. Then more water vapor goes into the air, forming yet another potent greenhouse gas.
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Why isn't the world...
produce methane, a potent greenhouse gas. But beetles oxygenate pats when they tunnel into them, preventing the microbes from producing methane. The dung beetle spreads seeds, helps farmers, and fights climate change
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The tale of the doctor...
and the doctor could do nothing for them. In time, the doctor’s potent potion and uncanny instincts became known throughout the land. He grew rich and famous, casting off the hardships of his early life.
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Snakecharmer Handles...
see anywhere in the world you can see it's big it's a heavy bodied snake and it has a very very potent right on the Trion that was close you can see how well boilie Loden knows the snake though
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Jellyfish predate...
making it one of the most potent poisons of any animal in the world. Other jellyfish superpowers are less lethal. One species of jellyfish glows green when it's agitated,
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Want to be happy? Be...
we go with it, we are creative, those are the creative people. And that little stop, look, go, is such a potent seed that it can revolutionize our world.
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Innovative and cost...
must do what is called market driven technology ideology let us not do results for the sake of it Michael remarks this a gentleman this is potent
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You aren't at the mercy...
because it is the path to a healthier body, a more just and informed legal system, and a more flexible and potent emotional life. Thank you.
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Would You Eat Bull...
cut it open and wash it clean if you don't then you'll have the taste of urine in your food could this really be a meal prized for centuries by Chinese emperors traditionally it was considered a potent aphrodisiac the Chinese version of viagra for help with his recipe chef
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Can we eat to starve...
potent than the actual drugs soy parsley garlic grapes berries I could go home and cook a tasty meal using these ingredients so imagine if we could create the world's first rating system in which we could score foods according to their anti-angiogenic cancer
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Your kids might live on...
We get more protection from radiation, more atmosphere makes us warmer, makes the planet warmer, so we get running water and that makes crops possible. Then more water vapor goes into the air, forming yet another potent greenhouse gas.
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Why isn't the world...
produce methane, a potent greenhouse gas. But beetles oxygenate pats when they tunnel into them, preventing the microbes from producing methane. The dung beetle spreads seeds, helps farmers, and fights climate change
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The tale of the doctor...
and the doctor could do nothing for them. In time, the doctor’s potent potion and uncanny instincts became known throughout the land. He grew rich and famous, casting off the hardships of his early life.
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Snakecharmer Handles...
see anywhere in the world you can see it's big it's a heavy bodied snake and it has a very very potent right on the Trion that was close you can see how well boilie Loden knows the snake though
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Jellyfish predate...
making it one of the most potent poisons of any animal in the world. Other jellyfish superpowers are less lethal. One species of jellyfish glows green when it's agitated,
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Want to be happy? Be...
we go with it, we are creative, those are the creative people. And that little stop, look, go, is such a potent seed that it can revolutionize our world.
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Innovative and cost...
must do what is called market driven technology ideology let us not do results for the sake of it Michael remarks this a gentleman this is potent
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You aren't at the mercy...
because it is the path to a healthier body, a more just and informed legal system, and a more flexible and potent emotional life. Thank you.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
American Politician
I think there's a weapon of cynicism to say, 'Protest doesn't work. Organizing doesn't work. Y'all are a bunch of hippies. You know, it doesn't do anything,' because, frankly, it's said out of fear, because it is a potent force for political change.
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Samantha Harvey
English Author
With twenty six letters, you can create anything you like - any person, any world, any place, any emotion. And they are so potent, so powerful, and at the same time, they're marks on the page, and that's all. There's nothing else to them.
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Larry Hogan
American Politician
Supporting iconic, growth-oriented industries, combined with tax policies that encourage small business growth and investment, represents a potent combination and is the basis of our entire administration.
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Robert Sapolsky
American Scientist
I think threat of change is pretty potent. In humans, blood pressure doesn't go up when people get laid off: it goes up when they first hear rumors that layoffs are coming at the end of the month.
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King George V
British Royalty
I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of peace upon earth through the years to come than this massed multitude of silent witnesses to the desolation of war.
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Jared Diamond
American Author
No government is here forever. And there are other forces - the most potent force in our society, in fact, big business - doing good for the environment.
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Walt Whitman
American Poet
The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man sees in it, on the contrary, the potent Law of Laws.
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Norman Schwarzkopf
American General
Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery
French Writer
He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man.
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Michael Arrington
American Businessman
Friendships and marriage are far more potent than financial conflicts.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
American Politician
I think there's a weapon of cynicism to say, 'Protest doesn't work. Organizing doesn't work. Y'all are a bunch of hippies. You know, it doesn't do anything,' because, frankly, it's said out of fear, because it is a potent force for political change.
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Samantha Harvey
English Author
With twenty six letters, you can create anything you like - any person, any world, any place, any emotion. And they are so potent, so powerful, and at the same time, they're marks on the page, and that's all. There's nothing else to them.
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Larry Hogan
American Politician
Supporting iconic, growth-oriented industries, combined with tax policies that encourage small business growth and investment, represents a potent combination and is the basis of our entire administration.
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Robert Sapolsky
American Scientist
I think threat of change is pretty potent. In humans, blood pressure doesn't go up when people get laid off: it goes up when they first hear rumors that layoffs are coming at the end of the month.
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King George V
British Royalty
I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of peace upon earth through the years to come than this massed multitude of silent witnesses to the desolation of war.
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Jared Diamond
American Author
No government is here forever. And there are other forces - the most potent force in our society, in fact, big business - doing good for the environment.
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Walt Whitman
American Poet
The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man sees in it, on the contrary, the potent Law of Laws.
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Norman Schwarzkopf
American General
Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery
French Writer
He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man.
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Michael Arrington
American Businessman
Friendships and marriage are far more potent than financial conflicts.
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