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Example sentences for "firepower"

Lexicographically close words:
fireman; firemen; firent; fireplace; fireplaces; fireproof; fireproofing; firer; firers; fires
  1. Why, that's more firepower than the whole Air Patrol.

  2. A lot of heavy armament seemed to have been moved in from Barathrum Spaceport, and Zareff had more men and firepower than he had ever commanded during the System States War.

  3. Although that sounded simple enough, it would take both firepower and trickery.

  4. There's enough firepower out there to vaporize us three times over.

  5. Arjen's fleet, now with sixty ships instead of forty, had firepower enough to overwhelm even a Sovereign-class Terran battle cruiser, the type of ship a Ranger normally used.

  6. Few have asked whether the pattern of employing more modern technology for traditional firepower solutions is the best one and if there are alternative ways to achieve military objectives more effectively and efficiently.

  7. Firepower Discriminate fires are important due to the likelihood of people and structures being in close proximity to the desired target.

  8. The near and mid-term aims of these "revolutions" largely remain directed at exploiting our advantages in firepower and on fielding more effective ways of defeating an adversary's weapons systems and infrastructure for using those systems.

  9. Two decades later, Vietnam exposed the frailty of this approach of dependence on massive application of firepower especially when political limits were placed on applying that firepower.

  10. All operations involving the use of firepower must also understand and evaluate the beneficial aspects of using non-destructive elements in conjunction with the attack to include all aspects of the so-called information warfare.

  11. In many cases, this capacity need not be the traditional firepower solution of only physically destroying an adversary's military capabilities.

  12. In real Blitzkreig, Shock and Awe were not achieved through the massive application of firepower across a broad front nor through the delivery of massive levels of force.

  13. He figured the firepower would come from there.

  14. Now the gunships were dropping altitude and moving in, boldly, with the authority their firepower commanded.

  15. Plenty of firepower for what he intended.

  16. We'll just hit the bastards with enough firepower to take out the command-control radars up on the hill.

  17. He wondered if they were going to find themselves shorthanded, not having as much firepower as they needed.

  18. In other cases, the quick but lightly armed raiders suffered because they lacked the firepower of a line outfit.

  19. In addition to the firepower of artillery and automatic weapons, men on the lines tossed grenade after grenade at whatever shapes or sounds they could discern.

  20. Bucky” Harris was determined to develop all available firepower fully before sending his infantry into assault.

  21. This knowledge strengthened his resolve to continue using all available firepower and employing deliberate tactics as he pursued his regiment’s assigned missions.

  22. Marines may have had the heart and firepower to tackle a fortress-like Iwo Jima earlier in the war, but they would have been crippled in the doing of it by limitations in amphibious logistical support capabilities.

  23. This proved to be an overstatement, yet no one could deny the unprecedented intensity of firepower Hill delivered against the areas surrounding the landing beaches.

  24. Rework the combined fleet's weapons disposition, analyze our firepower and orient them to the terminals' weak points.

  25. This fleet still has a helluva lot of firepower left.

  26. And that was exactly what he now confronted---two Soviet Supercarriers, each nearly equal in girth and firepower to the Dreadnought queen, and each bearing a greater number of swarming killer bees.

  27. Outnumbered nearly three to one by more modern, swifter craft, needing to be watchful of every quarter at once, aware that soon the Dreadnought would add its considerable firepower to the fray, and thus needing an early knockout.

  28. Meanwhile the Soviets, epitomizing their policy of conditional help, held their own forces back, lending only long-distance firepower in times of greatest need.

  29. He's got the ships and firepower to cut us both to pieces.

  30. They no longer have the position or the firepower to seriously threaten us.

  31. The Japanese fought gallantly to hold the position, at times stalling the advancing Marines, but the defenders had neither the numbers nor the firepower to prevail.

  32. With that welcome news, the Army landed a battery of 155mm “Long Toms” on the small islets and soon added their considerable firepower to the naval bombardment of the southwest coast of Okinawa.

  33. An unrealistic reliance on firepower and siege tactics prolonged the fighting and increased the costs.

  34. He honestly believed the Japanese manning the Shuri defenses would soon crack under the synchronized application of all his massed firepower and infantry.

  35. General Buckner favored a massive application of firepower on every obstacle before committing troops in the open.

  36. By mid-April, the Tenth Army had decided to wage a campaign of massive firepower and attrition against the main Japanese defenses.

  37. The Marine divisions had greatly enhanced their firepower since the initial campaigns in the Pacific.


  38. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "firepower" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.