war power

noun

: the power to make war

specifically : an extraordinary power exercised usually by the executive branch of a government in the prosecution of a war

Examples of war power in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Congress, having repeatedly failed to exercise its war power, no longer effectively can. — Literary Hub, 1 July 2026

Thursday night, Trump called Cassidy and thanked him for changing his position on the procedural vote on the Iran war powers resolution Wednesday night. — Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 28 June 2026

Cassidy then returned to the Capitol to vote against a separate but nearly identical war powers resolution. — Mary Clare Jalonick, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026

Barrasso’s whip operation on the war powers vote was aided by Vice President JD Vance, the top peace negotiator for Iran. — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 25 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1766, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for war power

• airpower
• brainpower
• devour
• empower
• firepower
• horsepower
• manpower
• mayflower
• safflower
• sunflower
• wallflower
• watchtower