A set of thousands of centrifuges, called a cascade, concentrates the rare U-235 isotope to make potent bomb fuel.
If they've hacked the national grid or have turned off all the traffic lights, that's as potent as bombing a power station.
So though we forget, this much is true: Blanco's poem is a sign of America's might -- as powerful as bombs bursting in air and as potent as Beyonce's highest note.
In their most potent strike, a bomb attack killed four of Mr. Assad's top security officials last week.
Camarones al ajillo, shrimp with garlic, is as potent a garlic bomb as anything in a Korean restaurant, and patatas bravas, or spicy potatoes, pack plenty of heat.
Radical Islam, now spread across our isles and every nation in the western hemisphere, will only become more appealing and more potent when the bombing starts.
Israeli officials said a forensic examination of two massive explosive charges used to cripple Israeli tanks in the Gaza Strip in February and March found traces of RDX, an explosive that is much more potent than the rudimentary bombs previously detonated by the Palestinians.
While not as sophisticated or powerful as the bombs in the coordinated Madrid attacks, the device would have been potent enough to cause the train to derail, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry said.
But of course bombing Gaza is potent fertilizer to the grasses of hatred.
As in previous cases, they insisted that the buyers prove their seriousness by first purchasing a sample vial of less-radioactive caesium 135, which is not potent enough for a dirty bomb.
