high-voltage

[ hahy-vohl-tij ]

/ ˈhaɪˈvoʊl tɪdʒ /

operating on or powered by high voltage: a high-voltage generator.

Informal. dynamic; powerful: a high-voltage theatrical entrepreneur.

Origin of high-voltage

First recorded in 1965–70

To commit this “rudimentary political error,” he wrote, was to “touch a high-voltage line.”

China’s Glamorous First Lady Peng Liyuan Saving the Communist Party With Song |Eveline Chao |March 16, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
But according to their assessment, the victim had already died after being electrocuted by the high-voltage fence.

The Last Days of Stalin's Son During WWII |David Frum |March 4, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
A 2.6-meter high-voltage fence is intended to prevent inmates from escaping.

The Last Days of Stalin's Son During WWII |David Frum |March 4, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The high-voltage squabbling over Obamacare has made health care a particularly sore spot in this debate.

Washington’s Silly Plan to Create a National Nurse |Michelle Cottle |February 10, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

The U.S. has 215,000 miles of high-voltage power lines; 70 percent of those are more than 30 years old.

How to Stop Blackouts: Smart-Grid Technology Could Ease Storms’ Aftermath |Miranda Green |November 4, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
One had just connected with a high-voltage charge from Charley.

Master of the Moondog |Stanley Mullen
Iron pins have already been adopted on a number of high-voltage lines.

Electric Transmission of Water Power |Alton D. Adams
The room was electrically charged with the high-voltage of the man in the inner office.

Fanny Herself |Edna Ferber
Suddenly there was the rasping, snaring crackling of a high-voltage spark.

Talents, Incorporated |William Fitzgerald Jenkins
In almost all high-voltage transmissions of the present day in the United States alternating generators are employed.

Electric Transmission of Water Power |Alton D. Adams