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firepower

firepower noun: the capacity of a weapon to deliver fire onto a target.

Noun

firepower (countable and uncountable, plural firepowers)

  1. The capacity of a weapon to deliver fire onto a target.
  2. The ability to deliver fire.
  3. (figuratively) The ability and resources to dominate.
    • He'd have to be on every one of his toes, because Larry Cohen, the insurance company's lawyer, would protect the doctor with every bit of legal firepower at his disposal.2009, James Scott Bell, No Legal Grounds, page 18
    • United's stature is such that one result must not bring the immediate announcement of a shift in the balance of power in Manchester - but the swathes of empty seats around Old Trafford and the wave of attacks pouring towards David de Gea's goal in the second half emphasised that City quite simply...2011 October 23, Phil McNulty, “Man Utd 1 - 6 Man City”, in BBC Sport

firepower meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Gujarati

firepower in Tamil

சுடுதிறன்

firepower in Kannada

ಅಗ್ನಿಶಾಮಕ ಶಕ್ತಿ

firepower in Gujarati

અગ્નિશામક શક્તિ

Examples of firepower in a sentence

  • Never, ever underestimate the firepower of an almighty swarm of angry Fletchers.
  • The Astra Militarum achieve their victories through hellstorms of firepower, grinding attrition and sheer dogged determination.
  • Turnbarrels were not widely used during the muzzle-loading era despite their superior firepower.

All 10 example sentences with firepower

Forms of firepower

pluralfirepowers

Origin of firepower

From fire + power.

Words formed from firepower

Phrases with firepower

Questions about firepower

What does firepower mean?
Firepower means the capacity of a weapon to deliver fire onto a target.
What is firepower in Tamil?
Firepower in Tamil is சுடுதிறன். See Firepower meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is firepower?
Firepower is a noun.
What is the plural of firepower?
The plural of firepower is firepowers.

Words near firepower in the dictionary

  1. fireport
  2. fireports
  3. firepot
  4. firepote
  5. firepots
  6. firepower
  7. firepower kill
  8. firepower kills
  9. firepowers
  10. fireproof
  11. fireproofed

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: firepower (page history and authors); firepower (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); firepower (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); firepower (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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