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high-powered
(of an optical instrument or lens) having a high magnification


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His high-powered rifle was equipped with telescope sights and he also carried binoculars which he was in the act of using as Tarzan discovered him, either to note the effect of his last shot or to discover a new target.
Tarzan the Untamed by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
I should have liked to have spoken with them, but I did not care to risk having to use my high-powered rifle upon them other than in the last extremity.
The Lost Continent by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Blunt-bodied drones whizzed to and fro with a noise like miniature high-powered automobiles, as if anxious to convey the idea of being tremendously busy without going to the length of doing any actual work.
Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
 
 
 
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