[ US /ˈfaɪɹˌpaʊɝ/ ]
[ UK /fˈa‍ɪ‍əpa‍ʊɐ/ ]
NOUN
  1. (military) the relative capacity for delivering fire on a target
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How To Use firepower In A Sentence

  • These warlords continue to exercise their authority by means of force and firepower, and often engage in sporadic armed conflict against one another.
  • Westmoreland was wrong to count on his superior firepower to grind us down.
  • Starting with this, the article analyzes military requirement of LFT (Limited Long-distance Firepower of Tank) from fighting task, fighting action and battlefield control.
  • They may have some extra firepower hidden away, too. Times, Sunday Times
  • This could lead to regular soldiers taking on permanent guard duties to provide extra firepower and deterrence at other barracks. Times, Sunday Times
  • Until we achieve this level of coordination of effective fire and movement, the enemy will use their superior firepower to attrit us before we can close with and destroy them.
  • Alliance forces met only sporadic resistance to an overwhelming display of firepower. Times, Sunday Times
  • Forgetting the levels of firepower loosed in Vietnam, the image itself is abidingly odd. Tom Engelhardt: Going for Broke
  • But his astonishing recovery and that he lasted the whole match have only added to the firepower at his disposal. Times, Sunday Times
  • In fact, Army forces have always relied on indirect or aerial firepower to pound enemy positions into submission before ground forces are committed.
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