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military powers

military powers is the plural of military power.

Meaning of military power

Noun

military power (countable and uncountable, plural military powers)

  1. In jet aircraft technology, the maximum power of a jet aircraft without use of afterburners.
  2. A great power with particular emphasis placed on its military aspect.
    • "England," says General Napier, "both at home and abroad was, in 1808, scorned a military power, when she possessed (without a frontier to swallow up large armies in expensive fortress) at least two hundred thousand of the best equipped and best disciplined soldiers in the universe, together with...1870, James Grant, The King's Own Borderers; a Military Romance, page 361

Questions about military powers

What is military powers the plural of?
Military powers is the plural of military power.

Words near military powers in the dictionary

  1. military pickle
  2. military pickles
  3. military police
  4. military policeman
  5. military power
  6. military powers
  7. military press
  8. military pressed
  9. military presses
  10. military pressing
  11. military prison

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