Antonyms for power playpow·er play

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1. power play, squeeze play, squeezenoun

   an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power

   "she laughed at this sexual power play and walked away"

   Synonyms:
   clinch, squeeze, wring, squeezing, liquidity crisis, credit crunch, squeeze play, hug

2. power playnoun

   a play in which there is a concentration of players in one location on the field of play

   "they used a power play to return the kickoff"

   Synonyms:
   squeeze play, squeeze

3. power playnoun

   (ice hockey) a play in which one team has a numerical advantage over the other as a result of penalties

   "the team was unable to capitalize on the power play"

   Synonyms:
   squeeze play, squeeze

How to use power play in a sentence?

1. Jaden Schwartz:

   At the end of the second, we weren’t necessarily playing our best. They had a power-play goal to go up 2-1, so it was good to tie it up.

2. Jordan Eberle:

   Early on, we gave them a 2-on-1, and then we made a mistake on the power play, and it’s 2-0, it was tight to a point, but then we gave them freebies, and the game is somewhat out of hand. ... We made too many mistakes against a good offensive team. You can’t be doing that and expect to come back.

3. Mikko Rantanen:

   Overall, it was a really tough game, i don’t think we had any momentum in the 60 minutes. The power play was the one that got us momentum. Other than that, we were awful tonight.

4. Rasmus Kupari:

   We had a pretty good push the last 10 and finally got that power play, we believed in ourselves, and it was such a great atmosphere after we scored. All the fans were loud today, which gave us energy.

5. New York:

   It was actually our stick that probably prevented it from going in. We just needed another inch, there should have been a penalty on Sebastian Aho. They didn’t call a penalty and he was hauled down. If it wasn’t a goal we should have been on the power play; that didn’t happen. They score on a turnover, on us. We’ve got to manage that puck. We didn’t.

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