high-powered
adjective
high-pow·ered
ˈhī-ˈpau̇(-ə)rd 
variants
or less commonly high-power
1
: having great drive, energy, or capacity : dynamic
a high-powered executive
2
: having or conferring great influence
a high-powered job
Examples of high-powered in a Sentence
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No company is yet offering dual-phase magnetic materials suitable for the rotors of high-power traction motors.
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IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2024
SpaceX engineers modified multiple systems in the wake of the failures, including work to beef up the rocket's self-destruct system, to improve engine performance and to protect the pad with a high-power water deluge system that also deadens the acoustic shock of engine ignition.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2024
Elector Magnetic Pulse - EMP EMPs are energy pulses that can be released from nuclear weapons explosions and portable electronics such as high-power microwave weapons (HPMWs).
—Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Its engineers are working with Red Bull on the engines and hybrid systems, including high-power electronics and turbochargers.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 17 Feb. 2024
The groundbreaking result was achieved at the California lab’s National Ignition Facility (NIF), which uses an array of 192 high-power lasers to blast tiny pellets of deuterium and tritium fuel in a process known as inertial confinement fusion.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Feb. 2024
And the buzz around these and other highly colored, high-power drinks is showing no signs of slowing down.
—Tom Ward, WIRED, 15 Dec. 2023
The Supreme Court on Thursday, Dec. 14, declined to put on hold a new Illinois law that would ban high-power semiautomatic weapons like the one used in the mass killing of seven people at a 2022 parade in a Chicago suburb.
—arkansasonline.com, 15 Dec. 2023
There are also airplane logistics that are made more complex through hybridization, such as the routing and maintenance of long lengths of massive, high-power cable.
—Amy Jankovsky, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Nov. 2023
IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2024
SpaceX engineers modified multiple systems in the wake of the failures, including work to beef up the rocket's self-destruct system, to improve engine performance and to protect the pad with a high-power water deluge system that also deadens the acoustic shock of engine ignition.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2024
Elector Magnetic Pulse - EMP EMPs are energy pulses that can be released from nuclear weapons explosions and portable electronics such as high-power microwave weapons (HPMWs).
—Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Its engineers are working with Red Bull on the engines and hybrid systems, including high-power electronics and turbochargers.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 17 Feb. 2024
The groundbreaking result was achieved at the California lab’s National Ignition Facility (NIF), which uses an array of 192 high-power lasers to blast tiny pellets of deuterium and tritium fuel in a process known as inertial confinement fusion.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Feb. 2024
And the buzz around these and other highly colored, high-power drinks is showing no signs of slowing down.
—Tom Ward, WIRED, 15 Dec. 2023
The Supreme Court on Thursday, Dec. 14, declined to put on hold a new Illinois law that would ban high-power semiautomatic weapons like the one used in the mass killing of seven people at a 2022 parade in a Chicago suburb.
—arkansasonline.com, 15 Dec. 2023
There are also airplane logistics that are made more complex through hybridization, such as the routing and maintenance of long lengths of massive, high-power cable.
—Amy Jankovsky, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Nov. 2023
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