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Examples
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The 17-strong cabinet will be able to bring to bear on Italy's daunting problems a formidable amount of intellectual fire-power.
Mario Monti appoints technocrats to steer Italy out of economic crisis 2011
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Zynga's financial fire-power has also substantially increased the auction-based cost of advertising.
Internet Wars: Version 2.0 Bijan Khezri 2011
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Chile peppers contain the substance capsaicin which determines the fire-power of the pepper.
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But starships with the fire-power to take out small planetoids becomes nothing more than frustrating when facing the return of the souls of the dead.
Review: The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton | Missions Unknown 2010
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However it is the organization itself, it's strategies, swiftness of vehicle response and perhaps (am no expert on this topic) 'unprecedented fire-power which appears to being used with impunity, which many people are finding, worrying.
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Hopefully they get their hands on some proper fire-power this time.
Details Revealed: Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s Road Trip comedy Paul | /Film 2008
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Captain Dan Kearney, the commander of Battle Company, drove down to Aliabad in a Humvee to help evacuate the casualties and remembers turning a corner in the road and hitting a wall of Taliban fire-power.
'War' 2010
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Add a flamethrower, a lawnmower and some fire-power and what more could you ask for?
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After witnessing the inevitable civilian casualties and the unsporting fire-power of F-16s and C-130 gunships against AK-47s and rocket launchers, it's a sure bet that hostilities will harden.
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Obama's plan is a start, but without a rapid increase in fire-power to stop foreclosures owned by investors, the plan lacks the teeth to improve the national economy for the betterment of all.
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