high-pow·ered

(hī′pou′ərd) also high-pow·er (-pou′ər)

adj.

Having great power or energy; dynamic: a high-powered career track.

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high′-pow′er

adj.

1. (of a rifle) of a sufficiently high muzzle velocity and using a heavy enough bullet to kill large game.

2. high-powered.

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Adj.

high-power - vigorously energetic or forceful; "a high-octane sales manager"; "a high-octane marketing plan"; "high-powered executives"; "a high-voltage theatrical entrepreneur"

high-powered, high-voltage, high-octane, high-energy

dynamic, dynamical - characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality; "a dynamic market"; "a dynamic speaker"; "the dynamic president of the firm"

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He was so made, his muscles were high-power explosives.

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Grit in a sensitive instrument, or a crack in one of his own high-power lenses, would not be more disturbing than a strong emotion in a nature such as his.

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His high-powered rifle was equipped with telescope sights and he also carried binoculars which he was in the act of using as Tarzan discovered him, either to note the effect of his last shot or to discover a new target.

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I should have liked to have spoken with them, but I did not care to risk having to use my high-powered rifle upon them other than in the last extremity.

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Blunt-bodied drones whizzed to and fro with a noise like miniature high-powered automobiles, as if anxious to convey the idea of being tremendously busy without going to the length of doing any actual work.

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