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emergency powers

emergency powers noun: temporary powers given to someone to rule during an emergency.

Noun

emergency powers pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Temporary powers given to someone to rule during an emergency.

Questions about emergency powers

What does emergency powers mean?
Emergency powers means temporary powers given to someone to rule during an emergency.
What part of speech is emergency powers?
Emergency powers is a noun.

Words near emergency powers in the dictionary

  1. emergency position indicating radio beacons
  2. emergency position indicating radio-beacon
  3. emergency position indicating radio-beacons
  4. emergency position indicating radiobeacon
  5. emergency position indicating radiobeacons
  6. emergency powers
  7. emergency response
  8. emergency responses
  9. emergency room
  10. emergency rooms
  11. emergency service

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