Sentence examples for killed power from inspiring English sources

This summer, after a derecho -- an aggressive thunderstorm -- killed power for more than 1 million residents near Washington, the rallying cry was to move more electrical cables underground.

My killing power and my staying power.

Plant oils' killing power was discovered by accident, he added.

Could they outdo natural bacteria in killing power?

Chlorine, phosgene and hydrogen cyanide are examples, all noxious if inhaled but limited in killing power.

Nor does the white paper limit killing power to Al Qaeda it includes vaguely defined "associated forces".

The effectiveness of the bow depended on the arrow's efficiency in retaining kinetic energy throughout its trajectory and then transforming it into killing power on impact.

In order to reduce the weight of a weapon, its recoil energy has to be reduced, but reducing recoil also affects the killing power of the bullet.

The former, firing light arrows, was for skirmishing and long-range harassing fire; the latter had the advantage in killing power at medium ranges.

Germ weapons, pound for pound, are usually the most potent, in some cases surpassing chemical and nuclear arms in terms of killing power.

But that does not mean that more effective checks on the mentally unstable are impossible, or that restrictions on the killing power of what can be sold are doomed to failure.