Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The capacity, as of a weapon, weapons system, military unit, or position, for delivering fire.
- noun The ability to deliver fire against an enemy in combat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (military) The relative capacity for delivering weapons fire on a target.
- noun A measure of the resources available to a group which allows them to achieve their objectives; capacity for action.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the
capacity of aweapon to deliverfire onto atarget - noun the
ability to deliver fire - noun sports the ability to
shoot and score goals.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (military) the relative capacity for delivering fire on a target
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Examples
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If I understood correctly, he said the minimum firepower is three guitars, five violins and two trumpets.
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The carnage that results when sociopathic individuals obtain firepower usually requires SWAT teams to resolve, but there doesn't seem to be any suggestion of a requirement for any sort of psychiatric evaluation before qualifying for a carry permit.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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Suddenly on the defensive, Tango-1 tried to move away from sudden outburst of firepower from the small frigate.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » JM’s Review Forum 2009
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Yes | No | Report from ggmack wrote 29 weeks 4 days ago put a piece of picatinny on the bottomm of the hand guard and i say you got a special bump in the night gun for up north or anywhere a ltiile firepower is needed.
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The carnage that results when sociopathic individuals obtain firepower usually requires SWAT teams to resolve, but there doesn't seem to be any suggestion of a requirement for any sort of psychiatric evaluation before qualifying for a carry permit.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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The carnage that results when sociopathic individuals obtain firepower usually requires SWAT teams to resolve, but there doesn't seem to be any suggestion of a requirement for any sort of psychiatric evaluation before qualifying for a carry permit.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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If I understood correctly, he said the minimum firepower is three guitars, five violins and two trumpets.
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The carnage that results when sociopathic individuals obtain firepower usually requires SWAT teams to resolve, but there doesn't seem to be any suggestion of a requirement for any sort of psychiatric evaluation before qualifying for a carry permit.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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Defense can take teams a long way, but when it comes to the Sweet 16, a little more firepower is needed to get past other teams that also play good defense.
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Yes | No | Report from ggmack wrote 29 weeks 4 days ago put a piece of picatinny on the bottomm of the hand guard and i say you got a special bump in the night gun for up north or anywhere a ltiile firepower is needed.
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