firepower

or fire pow·er

[ fahyuhr-pou-er ]

noun

1. the capability of a military force, unit, or weapons system as measured by the amount of gunfire, number of missiles, etc., deliverable to a target.
2. the capability or potential, as of an organization, for action or achieving results.

Word History and Origins

Origin of firepower¹

First recorded in 1910–15; fire + power

Example Sentences

The rally was intended as a show of force — bringing celebrity firepower to the biggest city in the most important swing state that was also the birthplace of American democracy.

From Los Angeles Times

The Distaff lost a lot of its firepower when Idiomatic, last year’s champion, scratched from the race.

From Los Angeles Times

By the same token, if an institution with more firepower than any entity on earth meekly submits to threats that are thus far hypothetical, how would it act if Trump were actually in power?

From Salon

I have been in only once, in the first month of the war, when Israeli firepower had already turned the areas of northern Gaza that I saw into a wasteland.

From BBC

It is hard to look past a Liverpool win, based on their firepower and their strength off the bench.

From BBC