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superpower

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Superpower may refer to: In politics : Superpower , a state with the ability to influence events and project power on a worldwide scale Second Superpower , a term used to conceptualize a global civil society as a counterpoint to the United States of America ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world [syn: world power , major power , great power , power ]

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ He hinted a bigger presence for the U.S. military in the Asian Pacific region where China is emerging as a superpower . ▪ The book traces the emergence of China as a superpower in the 21st century. ▪ The United States, ...

Usage examples of superpower.

Moreover, the United States is not some rogue superpower determined to do what it wants regardless of who it threatens or angers.

He would do everything he could to show that an invasion was unnecessary and that the United States was a rogue superpower determined to crush any Muslim state that got out of line.

Maybe their superpower was the strange ability to beat somebody to a pulp if he tried to escape.

Then it occurred to me that he had large, powerful employees whose superpower was to make life unpleasant for guys who things occurred to.

A superpower is a superpower even if it only allows you to drive a truck better than anybody else.

The driver was always an android, probably with the superpower of finding places to park.

But the Soviet Union was never a superpower because of its booming economy.

He seemed to have acquired, as Sammy remarked, a superpower of his own: he had become a magnet for Germans.

Folks thought it would be a great way to encourage superpower cooperation.

Meanwhile, thanks largely to support from the United States, Israel has become a kind of superpower, able to defy its entire region and Europe as well.

One beneficial outcome of this conflict is the demise of the superpower system - a relic of days bygone and best forgotten.

After Iran took its place in the civilized world as a superpower once again.

Either Blossom was hiding her superpower, or her human genes had proved dominant and she was just your everyday, average, appealing-as-all-hell woman.

According to his analysis, Blossom carried a rare genetic mutation that had prevented her superpower from manifesting with the first influx of puberty hormones, as was typical with super offspring.

A number of these assessments base their conclusions on the experience between the United States and the Soviet Union during the latter half of the Cold War, when both superpowers recognized that there was no possible gain from aggression that was worth the risk of an escalation to nuclear warfare and so generally refrained from any provocative moves toward each other.