high-powered
adjective
Origin of high-powered
Related Words for high-powered
authoritarian, authoritative, commanding, controlling, dominant, dynamic, effective, effectual, forceful, forcible, influential, mighty, potent, robust, ruling, strong, supreme, weightyExamples from the Web for high-powered
Contemporary Examples of high-powered
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 of high-powered
It was admittedly too high-powered for England; you were across the county in about a minute.
Love and LucyMaurice Henry Hewlett
"Yes, it's a high-powered ultra-wave spy," Rodenbush returned.
TriplanetaryEdward Elmer Smith
The last of her visits was made in a high-powered touring-car.
On the StairsHenry B. Fuller
And Anna, she flashes them high-powered eyes of hers at me kittenish.
The House of TorchySewell Ford
The muffled purr of a high-powered motor disturbed the silence.
El DiabloBrayton Norton