high-powered

[ hahy-pou-erd ]

/ ˈhaɪˈpaʊ ərd /

extremely energetic, dynamic, and capable: high-powered executives.

of a forceful and driving character: high-powered selling techniques.

capable of a high degree of magnification: a high-powered microscope.

very powerful.

Origin of high-powered

First recorded in 1900–05

It cost several thousand dollars and a high-powered former district attorney to get the charges dropped.

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Like any high-powered attorney who charges $100,000 for a retainer, Bolt always seems to be one step ahead of the competition.

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These are high-powered jobs, which require security clearances, and that were once reserved for men—straight men, at that.

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That high-powered professional men have illicit affairs is not an uncommon occurrence anywhere in the world.

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Wilkinson: You have a sense of a man who came from the suburbs and is now mixing with high-powered hustlers and businessmen.

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Swiftly the high-powered armored motor-cars rushed on, drawing closer and closer to the solid ranks of the enemy.

The Boy Allies On the Firing Line |Clair W. Hayes
Adele Laidlaw drove us downtown in her own high-powered car, which, true to her mechanical instincts, she handled herself.

The Social Gangster |Arthur B. Reeve
Behind the lights there slid into view almost opposite the tall gate a high-powered roadster.

The Rest Hollow Mystery |Rebecca N. Porter
The atomic power-broadcast station would possibly stay, and so would the high-powered radio.

To Choke an Ocean |Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone
I am a gun nut and have a great number of high-powered rifles at home, so I know a little bit about guns.

Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

high-powered

(of an optical instrument or lens) having a high magnification a high-powered telescope

dynamic and energetic; highly capable

possessing great strength, power, etc a high-powered engine