firepower

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
firepower
    n 1: (military) the relative capacity for delivering fire on a
         target
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
firepower \firepower\ n.
   1. (military) The relative capacity for delivering weapons
      fire on a target; as, the battleship has more firepower
      than a cruiser.
      [WordNet 1.5]

   2. [figurative] A measure of the resources available to a
      group which allows them to achieve their objectives;
      capacity for action.
      [PJC]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "firepower":
      antiaircraft fire, cross fire, curtain fire, direct fire, dry fire,
      fighting force, file fire, fire, fire of demolition, fireworks,
      firing, flack, flak, forces, ground fire, gunfight, gunfire,
      gunplay, hands, high-angle fire, horizontal fire,
      interdiction fire, machine-gun fire, men, mortar fire, musketry,
      percussion fire, personnel, pistol fire, raking fire, rapid fire,
      ricochet fire, rifle fire, shellfire, shoot-out, shooting,
      the big battalions, time fire, troops, units, vertical fire,
      work force, zone fire

    

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