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US
/ˌhaɪˈpaʊɝd/
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ADJECTIVE
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(used of microscopes) capable of a high degree of magnification
a high-powered microscope -
vigorously energetic or forceful
a high-octane sales manager
a high-octane marketing plan
a high-voltage theatrical entrepreneur
high-powered executives
How To Use high-powered In A Sentence
- Nor could working beside his high-powered wife in the family business have failed to emasculate him. OUT OF THE ASHES
- It is particularly popular with ‘born-again’ bikers - older motorcyclists who buy high-powered machines in a bid to recapture the thrills of their youth.
- He offered Angus a high-powered job and, eventually, the likeable Scot became Sales Manager.
- The next thing I knew stentorian voices were to be heard outside, accompanied by high-powered torch beams piercing the shrubbery.
- The group decries the name "assault weapon" and refers to high-powered guns as "modern sporting rifles. Chron.com Chronicle
- After a long tough winter, many grizzlies, black bears, wolves and cougars are girding themselves for the onslaught of "sportsmen" wielding high-powered rifles in search of "trophies. Chris Genovali: The Cruelest Month for British Columbia's Coastal Carnivores
- Remember, these were humble tradesmen, not high-powered rabbis or mystics.
- In addition to seven cars rigged with explosives, the guardsmen found 30 rocket-propelled grenades, high-powered rifles, mortars and remote control detonators.
- Imagine firing a high-powered rifle in a mountainous area; people within five kilometers of the shot would hear it.
- Rhian, 35, swapped a high-powered city job for teaching ten years ago and is cherishing the challenge of leading the school.
