hyperpower

/ ˈhaɪpəˌpaʊə /

noun

1. an extremely powerful state that dominates all other states in every sphere of activity
2. the power wielded by such a state

Example Sentences

And Cheney wanted to kick around an Arab country after 9/11 to prove that America was a hyperpower.

From New York Times

The United States in its days as a hyperpower made a series of moves to extend our perimeter of influence deep into Russia’s near-abroad.

From New York Times

Two decades of Mr. Biden’s 50-odd years in public life were spent during the Cold War and a third during the 1990s with the United States as a hyperpower.

From New York Times

We would be the swaggering hyperpower.

From New York Times

The year was 1991 and the United States was suddenly the globe's lone superpower, its ultimate hyperpower, the last and greatest of its kind, the soon-to-be-indispensable nation.

From Salon