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hard powers

hard powers is the plural of hard power.

Meaning of hard power

Noun

hard power (countable and uncountable, plural hard powers)

  1. The use of military and economic means to influence the behavior or interests of other political bodies.
    • But even as America’s allies see our interests converging and the most successful military alliance in the history of the world restores its commitments to hard power, the previous Administration’s shameful hesitation and half-measures threaten to give way to something even more disgraceful: the...2025 February 24, Mitch McConnell, “McConnell on Three-Year Anniversary of Russia’s Escalation in Ukraine”, in Mitch McConnell U.S. Senator for Kentucky, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2025...
  2. A state having this kind of power.

Questions about hard powers

What is hard powers the plural of?
Hard powers is the plural of hard power.

Words near hard powers in the dictionary

  1. hard pills
  2. hard pills to swallow
  3. hard pine
  4. hard pines
  5. hard power
  6. hard powers
  7. hard pull
  8. hard pulls
  9. hard pushed
  10. hard put
  11. hard r

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