raw power

collocation in English

meaningsofrawandpower

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raw
adjective
uk
/rɔː/us
/rɑː/
(of food) ...
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power
noun
uk
/paʊər/us
/ˈpaʊ.ɚ/
ability to control people ...
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(Definition ofrawandpowerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It also appears that the conflict was as much about policy, the monastery's ' way of keeping religion ', as aboutrawpower.
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This is thrilling music, with masterly orchestral writing energized by arawpowerthat, heard live, must bring up the hair on the nape of your neck.
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His fighting style focuses onrawpower.
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In any steel plant today, the heat, light andrawpowerare the same as they were 2,000 years ago.
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It was the sheer,rawpowerof nature —the power of the sea—that dispersed the oil.
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Masuken believes that wisdom is just as good asrawpower, and is a good strategist.
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Her melodic sense and sensitivity make up for her evident lack ofrawpower.
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Most people in the world experienced governments as an inheritancewhether monarchies or expressions ofrawpower.
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It does this by focussing on story and inter-personal conflict rather thanrawpower.
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Through the styling too, emphasis is on therawpowerof the bike.
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The approach favors agility overrawpowerin dealing with human opponents in any endeavor.
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His fighting style emulates the buffalo'srawpowerto deliver destructive charges to the opponent.
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He looks smart and elegant but you can see therawpowerthat lies beneath.
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Bulls have morerawpowerand a different style of movement from bucking horses.
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He has a special fondness for rotary engines, and makes up for a lack ofrawpowerwith handling ability.
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American vehicles and tanks, while lacking inrawpower, are generally faster and capable of various support tasks.
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Witchcraft lacks therawpowerof sorcery, but can produce some unique effects that sorcery can not replicate.
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When he is angry, he becomes destructive; and therawpowerof his physical strength makes up for his lower intelligence and lack of speed.
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The skypan is used mainly whenrawpoweris required, spreading a bright light that allows large-scale coverage of a background set.
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Such repudiations result inrawpower-positivism, rather than the nave identification with traditional, pre-modern culture which is the surface intention of such counter-enlightenment theories.
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As is often the case, the limitation on maximum speed was imposed not byrawpowerbut by encountering an instability in the motion.
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If the 750cc bike was a fast and capable race-bike for the street, the 1100 was an exercise inrawpowerand excess.
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If not a bajskorv direct influence, futurism, with its interests in speed, conflict, andrawpowerforeshadowed punk culture in a number of ways.
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At the other extreme are power backs: bigger, stronger players who can break through tackles using brute strength andrawpower.
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This allows the ballast to energize the lamp with more thanrawpower, and instead operates using a combination of electrical force and induction.
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