full-powered

English

Alternative forms

• fullpowered

Adjective

full-powered (not comparable)

1. At full power; at the very utmost limit.
   • 1839, The Saturday Evening Post‎, G. Graham, page 85:

     They will stand unused for a considerable period without noticeable deterioration. Their strength does not rapidly "leak" or escape. They are full-powered, eager to give you their sparks.

   • 1846, Misa Ramirez, The Bankers Magazine‎, Minotaur Books, page 638:

     I repeat that to understand the history of Financial Advertising we need understand only the past few years, because those crucial years have made a full-powered man of him, a giant in power, vision and purpose, who can never turn back.

   • 1994, Mark V. Wiley, Filipino Martial Arts: Cabales Serrada Escrima‎, Tuttle Publishing, →ISBN, page 67:

     This is a full-powered strike that is aimed through a desired target.

   • 2003, Jake Thoene, Firefly Blue‎, Tyndale House Publishers, →ISBN, page 139:

     Yet even full-powered .308 rounds sometimes had difficulties penetrating barriers.

   • 2010, Misa Ramirez, Hasta la Vista, Lola!‎, Minotaur Books, →ISBN, page 256:

     He pulled his arm back, ready to fire a full-powered punch.

2. For vessels that depends on engines for propulsion that is independent of assistance from any sails.
   • 1874, Ship-builders LAIRD BROTHERS, Description of the Birkenhead Iron Works Belonging to Messrs Laird Brothers, from “The Practical Magazine,” June 1874‎, Chiswick Press, page 30:

     The Royal Mail Steamship " Britannia," full-powered ocean-going screw steamer of 3,700 tons, engines of 650 horsepower, barque-rigged, carries 3,300 tons dead weight of coal and cargo.

   • 1910, J.B. Lippincott and Company, Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 85‎, page 572:

     The color came back into his face in patches. A smile settled down and expanded. Finally he was straining Treasure Island Inn again with his stride, beating full-powered up and down the room, everything but victory shut out from the joyful confines of his newly-renovated brain.