Definition of powerfull
1. powerful [ a ] having great power or force or potency or effect
Examples:
"the most powerful government in western Europe"
"his powerful arms"
"a powerful bomb"
"the horse's powerful kick"
"powerful drugs"
"a powerful argument"
(Musical America, LXXXI:5...)
And with what resource did Prokofieff back_up his Credo of words - with torrents of powerful music .
(Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)
He was also at this time , although not so interwoven in high politics and the rackets as Torrio and Capone , the most powerful and most dangerous mob leader in the Chicago underworld , the roughneck king .
(Robert E. Lane, The Liberties of Wit: Humanism, Critici...)
In a small way this is illustrated by the nineteenth century novelist who argued for the powerful influence of literature as a teacher of society and who illustrated this with the way a girl learned to meet her lover , how to behave , how to think about this new experience , how to exercise restraint .
(87th Congress, 1st Session. Congressional Record....)
Three requirements go_with a blockade : It must be proclaimed ; the blockading force must be powerful enough to enforce it ; and it must be enforced without discrimination .
(Harold Searles, "Schizophrenic Communication,"...)
What had been an unmanageably powerful introject was now , despite its continuing charge of energy disconcerting to me , sufficiently within control of her ego that she could use it to show me what this introjected mother was like .
Synonyms powerful Related Terms powerless mighty potent powered regnant muscular coercive puissant regent compelling all-powerful almighty strong effective potent power2. powerful [ a ] strong enough to knock down or overwhelm
Examples:
"a knock-down blow"
(87th Congress, 1st Session. Congressional Record....)
Three requirements go_with a blockade : It must be proclaimed ; the blockading force must be powerful enough to enforce it ; and it must be enforced without discrimination .
(Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)
Cobb unleashed a single powerful jab that sent Gyp reeling wildly and crashing down with a whining groan .
Synonyms powerful knock-down Related Terms strong3. powerful [ a ] having the power to influence or convince
Examples:
"a cogent analysis of the problem"
"potent arguments"
(The Rev. John A. O'Brien, "Let's Take Birth Control...)
It is always a temptation for a religious organization , especially a powerful or dominant one , to impose through the clenched_fist of the law its creedal viewpoint upon others .
(Newton Stallknecht, "Ideas and Literature," in Newton S...)
Perhaps the most powerful and most frequently recurring literary influence on the Western world has been that of the Old and New_Testament .
Synonyms potent powerful cogent Related Terms influential4. powerful [ a ] (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
Examples:
"a hefty athlete"
"a muscular boxer"
"powerful arms"
(Jim Thompson, The Transgressors....)
Neither was he very powerful of build .
Synonyms powerful hefty sinewy muscular brawny Related Terms strong5. powerful [ r ] (Southern regional intensive) very
Examples:
"the baby is mighty cute"
"he's mighty tired"
"it is powerful humid"
"that boy is powerful big now"
"they have a right nice place"
6. powerful [ a ] displaying superhuman strength or power
Examples:
"herculean exertions"
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