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high-powered

[ hahy-pou-erd ]

adjective

  1. extremely energetic, dynamic, and capable:

    high-powered executives.

  2. of a forceful and driving character:

    high-powered selling techniques.

  3. capable of a high degree of magnification:

    a high-powered microscope.

  4. very powerful.


high-powered

adjective

  1. (of an optical instrument or lens) having a high magnification

    a high-powered telescope

  2. dynamic and energetic; highly capable
  3. possessing great strength, power, etc

    a high-powered engine

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of high-powered1

First recorded in 1900–05
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A high-powered delegation of US officials will spend Friday at a remote military base on Greenland in what is being viewed as the latest manifestation of American designs on the sparsely populated semi-autonomous Danish territory.

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A high-powered remote meeting in the morning and a quick paddleboard at lunch is the work-life balance dream Anglesey is advocating as it tries to lure back a generation that moved away for work.

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Ms Barrett cited the case of another individual who allegedly tried to procure high-powered weapons for a fake terror plot so he could provide information to authorities in exchange for a reduction to his sentence.

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Arran Coggan, the organisation's director of sport development, said it was concerning that people "not connected" with the sport of archery could acquire high-powered crossbows and use them in "such a devastating manner".

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But Mexico blames the United States and its gunmakers for arming the drug cartels with high-powered, military-style rifles that come cross the border from the north.

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