fire‧pow‧er /ˈfaɪəˌpaʊə $ ˈfaɪrˌpaʊr/ noun [uncountable]

1. technical the number of weapons that an army, military vehicle etc has available

2. the amount of something important or necessary that is available:
There is no shortage of financial firepower to fund atomic research.

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