Synonyms for firepower
fire·pow·er

Princeton's WordNet

1. firepowernoun

   (military) the relative capacity for delivering fire on a target

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1. • Military
   • Military Capability

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1. List of paraphrases for "firepower":

   fire, thermal

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1. Chief Pete Arredondo:

   We’re going to get scrutinized, I ’m expecting that. We’re getting scrutinized for why we did n’t go in there, i know what the firepower [ the shooter ] had, based on what shells I saw, the holes in the wall in Situation Room next to his. I also know I had students that were around there that were n’t in the immediate threat besides the ones I know were in the immediate threat and the preservation of life around, everything around him, I felt was priority.

2. Rafael Mariano Grossi:

   Any military firepower directed at or from the facility would amount to playing with fire, with potentially catastrophic consequences.

3. President Mahamadou Issoufou:

   The government has just foiled an evil attempt at detribalization. The objective of these individuals, motivated by I don't know what, was to overthrow the democratically elected power, they envisaged using aerial firepower and they have for some weeks deliberately blocked (those military assets) in Niamey that I was pressing them to send to Diffa to the front for the struggle against Boko Haram.

4. Robert Ashley:

   Developments in hypersonic propulsion wivolutionize rewarfare by providing the ability to strike targets more quickly, at greater distances, and with greater firepower, china is also developing increasingly sophisticated ballistic missile warheads and hypersonic glide vehicles in an attempt to counter ballistic missile defense systems.

5. Andrew Stevens:

   Remember, this is still an economy that can be controlled by Beijing and they have an awful lot of financial firepower if they need it.