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high-powered
[ hahy-pou-erd ]
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.
high-powered
adjective
- (of an optical instrument or lens) having a high magnification
a high-powered telescope
- dynamic and energetic; highly capable
- possessing great strength, power, etc
a high-powered engine
Word History and Origins
Origin of high-powered1
Example Sentences
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.
He was hurrying down the walk in front, and I watched until he got into a motor-car—a high-powered roadster.
When its owner purred out in his high-powered little car, Henry drew a long breath and began in earnest.
The small bullets of the high-powered rifle either killed or harmed but little.
The small high-powered onions, on the other hand, are easily cultivated.
A high-powered grey touring car came by, travelling at a great pace.
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