firepower
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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