high-powered

[hahy-pou-erd]

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adjective

extremely energetic, dynamic, and capable: high-powered executives.
of a forceful and driving character: high-powered selling techniques.
capable of a high degree of magnification: a high-powered microscope.

very powerful.

Origin of high-powered

First recorded in 1900–05

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Contemporary Examples

It cost several thousand dollars and a high-powered former district attorney to get the charges dropped.
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Like any high-powered attorney who charges $100,000 for a retainer, Bolt always seems to be one step ahead of the competition.
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October 6, 2014
These are high-powered jobs, which require security clearances, and that were once reserved for men—straight men, at that.
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September 5, 2014
That high-powered professional men have illicit affairs is not an uncommon occurrence anywhere in the world.
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April 14, 2014
Wilkinson: You have a sense of a man who came from the suburbs and is now mixing with high-powered hustlers and businessmen.
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February 14, 2014

Historical Examples

It was admittedly too high-powered for England; you were across the county in about a minute.
Love and Lucy
Maurice Henry Hewlett
"Yes, it's a high-powered ultra-wave spy," Rodenbush returned.
Triplanetary
Edward Elmer Smith
The last of her visits was made in a high-powered touring-car.
On the Stairs
Henry B. Fuller
And Anna, she flashes them high-powered eyes of hers at me kittenish.
The House of Torchy
Sewell Ford
The muffled purr of a high-powered motor disturbed the silence.
El Diablo
Brayton Norton

British Dictionary definitions for high-powered

high-powered

adjective

(of an optical instrument or lens) having a high magnificationa high-powered telescope
dynamic and energetic; highly capable
possessing great strength, power, etca high-powered engine

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Word Origin and History for high-powered

adj.

1903, originally of automobiles, from high (adj.) + power (v.).

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Examples from the Web for high-powered

Contemporary Examples

It cost several thousand dollars and a high-powered former district attorney to get the charges dropped.

Like any high-powered attorney who charges $100,000 for a retainer, Bolt always seems to be one step ahead of the competition.

These are high-powered jobs, which require security clearances, and that were once reserved for men—straight men, at that.

That high-powered professional men have illicit affairs is not an uncommon occurrence anywhere in the world.

Wilkinson: You have a sense of a man who came from the suburbs and is now mixing with high-powered hustlers and businessmen.

Historical Examples

It was admittedly too high-powered for England; you were across the county in about a minute.

"Yes, it's a high-powered ultra-wave spy," Rodenbush returned.

The last of her visits was made in a high-powered touring-car.

And Anna, she flashes them high-powered eyes of hers at me kittenish.

The muffled purr of a high-powered motor disturbed the silence.

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Word Origin and History for high-powered

adj.

Origin of high-powered