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FIREPOWER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does firepower mean?
• FIREPOWER (noun)
The noun FIREPOWER has 1 sense:
1. (military) the relative capacity for delivering fire on a target
Familiarity information: FIREPOWER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(military) the relative capacity for delivering fire on a target
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("firepower" is a kind of...):
military capability; military posture; military strength; posture; strength (capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
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