Synonyms for high-powered


Grammar : Adj
Spell : hahy-pou-erd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhaɪˈpaʊ ərd

Top 10 synonyms for high-powered Other synonyms for the word high-powered

Définition of high-powered

Origin :
  • 1903, originally of automobiles, from high (adj.) + power (v.).
  • adj powerful
Example sentences :
  • It was admittedly too high-powered for England; you were across the county in about a minute.
  • Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
  • "Yes, it's a high-powered ultra-wave spy," Rodenbush returned.
  • Extract from : « Triplanetary » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • The last of her visits was made in a high-powered touring-car.
  • Extract from : « On the Stairs » by Henry B. Fuller
  • And Anna, she flashes them high-powered eyes of hers at me kittenish.
  • Extract from : « The House of Torchy » by Sewell Ford
  • The muffled purr of a high-powered motor disturbed the silence.
  • Extract from : « El Diablo » by Brayton Norton
  • "Very unreliable, these high-powered cars," said the servant.
  • Extract from : « The Smuggler's Cave » by George A. Birmingham
  • It was a high-powered runabout with a single rumble-seat behind.
  • Extract from : « Motor Matt's Mystery » by Stanley R. Matthews
  • Now consider what happens in the engine-room of high-powered vessels.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of Modern Invention » by Archibald Williams
  • We had no high-powered, high-angle guns that could touch them.
  • Extract from : « The Fall of a Nation » by Thomas Dixon
  • Or considerable money may be invested in a high-powered microscope.
  • Extract from : « Farm Mechanics » by Herbert A. Shearer
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