firepower
noun
fire·pow·er
ˈfī(-ə)r-ˌpau̇(-ə)r 
1
a
: the capacity (as of a military unit) to deliver effective fire on a target
b
: effective fire
2
a
: effective power or force
intellectual firepower
b
: the scoring ability of a team or player
Examples of firepower in a Sentence
The army didn't have the firepower to defeat the invaders.
right now the President doesn't have the political firepower to push his programs through Congress
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The challenge now is to translate that ambitious target into deployable firepower fast enough to meet the threat.
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Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 9 July 2025
For warm days that don’t require so much firepower, a 9-inch Vornado 630 circulator fan selling for $59.99 could do the trick.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 8 July 2025
For the longest time, this kind of technological firepower remained locked away in institutional vaults.
—Douglas B. Laney, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
The Pentagon could also easily draw on the vision of uncrewed and crewed aircraft flying alongside one another and acquire large numbers of inexpensive, uncrewed, autonomous surface naval craft to add firepower and surveillance capabilities at sea.
—Michael C. Horowitz, Foreign Affairs, 4 July 2025
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Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 9 July 2025
For warm days that don’t require so much firepower, a 9-inch Vornado 630 circulator fan selling for $59.99 could do the trick.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 8 July 2025
For the longest time, this kind of technological firepower remained locked away in institutional vaults.
—Douglas B. Laney, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
The Pentagon could also easily draw on the vision of uncrewed and crewed aircraft flying alongside one another and acquire large numbers of inexpensive, uncrewed, autonomous surface naval craft to add firepower and surveillance capabilities at sea.
—Michael C. Horowitz, Foreign Affairs, 4 July 2025
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“Firepower.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/firepower. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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firepower
noun
fire·pow·er
-ˌpau̇(-ə)r
: the ability to deliver gunfire or warheads on a target
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