firepower
The capacity of a weapon to deliver fire onto a targetThe capacity of a weapon to deliver fire onto a target.
» We're no longer afraid of your firepower.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)The capacity of a weapon to deliver fire onto a target.
Feuerkraft
огнева́я мощьognevája moščʹ
(military) the relative capacity for delivering fire on a target
(countable, uncountable)The ability to deliver fire.
Schlagkraft
огнева́я мощьognevája moščʹ, результати́вностьrezulʹtatívnostʹ
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)The ability and resources to dominate.
Examples
3 sentencesWe're no longer afraid of your firepower.
No matter how many troops they have or how much firepower they have, we'll crush them if they invade our country.
France couldn't overwhelm Algerian independence fighters with its firepower.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From fire + power.From fire + power.
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Forms
plural: firepowers| Singular | firepower |
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Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable