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powerscale

powerscale verb: to assess (a fictional character) by power scaling.

Verb

powerscale (third-person singular simple present powerscales, present participle powerscaling, simple past and past participle powerscaled)

  1. (slang, transitive) To assess (a fictional character) by power scaling.
    • Of course, with so many iconic protagonists, fans often discuss which of the Jojos is the strongest. While it's easy to dismiss Jonathan and Joseph from the competition, it's hard to come to an answer when comparing their successors. Rather than simply "powerscaling" their Stands, however, one may...2024 June 8, Lauren Kells, “JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Settled the Strongest Jojo Debate With One Brutal Villain Defeat”, in Screen Rant

Forms of powerscale

third-person singular presentpowerscales
present participlepowerscaling
past participlepowerscaled
pastpowerscaled

Origin of powerscale

Back-formation from power scaling.

Questions about powerscale

What does powerscale mean?
Powerscale means to assess (a fictional character) by power scaling.
What part of speech is powerscale?
Powerscale is a verb.
What is the past tense of powerscale?
The past tense of powerscale is powerscaled.

Words near powerscale in the dictionary

  1. powers off
  2. powers on
  3. powers that be
  4. powers up
  5. powers-that-be
  6. powerscale
  7. powerscaling
  8. powerset
  9. powersets
  10. powersharing
  11. powershift

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