puissance

[pyoo-uh-suhns, pyoo-is-uhns, pwis-uhns] / ˈpju ə səns, pjuˈɪs əns, ˈpwɪs əns /

NOUN

(literary) power, force

Synonyms

STRONG

clout force influence might muscle potency power strength sway vigor

Antonyms

STRONG

enervation impotence inability incapacity incompetence powerlessness weakness

Example Sentences

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The Baron Sirtema de Grovestins, who has had access to the originals, frequently quotes passages in his "Histoire des luttes et rivalites entre les puissances maritimes et la France."

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

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