at full power
idiom
: to the fullest extent of the energy or force that something can produce
The machines are running at full power.
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Engineers have conducted tests with engines and rotors operating at full power inside the tunnel, measuring vibrations, lift, drag, and control response in real-time.
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
Epson rates its laser-phosphor light source at 4,500 ISO lumens and as having a 20,000-hour life at full power.
—PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025
This expression shows off Indri’s style at full power, unfiltered and bottled at natural cask strength.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
The action is usually good when it’s kept small-scale — particularly a fight scene where an armor-less Riri has to improvise weapons with the materials on hand at a White Castle — but sequences with the armor at full power are much iffier visually.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2025
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
Epson rates its laser-phosphor light source at 4,500 ISO lumens and as having a 20,000-hour life at full power.
—PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025
This expression shows off Indri’s style at full power, unfiltered and bottled at natural cask strength.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
The action is usually good when it’s kept small-scale — particularly a fight scene where an armor-less Riri has to improvise weapons with the materials on hand at a White Castle — but sequences with the armor at full power are much iffier visually.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2025
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“At full power.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20full%20power. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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