POTENT


Meaning of POTENT in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a powerful/potent reminder

The soldiers' deaths are a powerful reminder of the price we pay for freedom.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

as

For emotional resonance, flags are about as potent as a quadrilateral of cloth can be.

Theophylline is roughly as potent as caffeine; theobromine is seven times weaker than either.

more

Yet it is the Vauxhall that feels more potent low down.

Shifting tides have subsequently resulted in conflict among various segments of Arab society, none more potent than the struggle of women.

That comparison is made even more potent given that the large company tends to collapse the distinction between private and public power.

Saturated fats are more potent in raising cholesterol levels.

Correll thinks herbicides, more potent than they are given credit for, may be to blame.

They were portrayed as more potent and, moreover, incurable.

It held him in an interval of assessment more potent than the silence that accompanied it.

We had been delivered into the midst of a birth far more significant, profoundly more potent than our own.

most

President Ortega faces the most potent challenge to his leadership since the Sandinistas took full control in 1981.

One of the major functions of the testes is to produce testosterone, the most potent androgen.

It remains to this day one of the most potent monuments to racial segregation.

Black peppercorns are the mature berries that are dried and have the most potent flavors.

Indeed, neuropeptide Y is the most potent central stimulant of feeding known.

In test tube and animal studies ABT-738 is the most potent anti-HIV drug to date.

This is the most potent and consistent performance shaping factor ever uncovered by psychologists.

Some have drawn up guidelines to snuff out only the most potent forms.

so

Never before have we been so potent , not even in New York when we were combing nurses out of our hair.

very

A magic-saturated shaman mushroom is very potent indeed, containing the essence of the shaman's magical power.

Fermented for three years - very potent .

But at least it would be better than letting herself be drawn in by his very potent brand of masculine attraction.

The crucial point is that the very potent symbol of Einstein was not a representation of the theory of relativity.

■ NOUN

combination

Incidentally this clarifies why the man-machine system is such a potent combination .

Unfortunately it was a potent combination , and there was no known cure.

drug

There is no doubt that these potent drugs caused many problems.

Most of the potent drugs obtained from plants are known to act on specific physiological systems.

The second disadvantage of punishment is that rather like potent drugs , it leads to unwanted side-effects.

force

Evangelicalism became an especially potent force in the attack on traditional pastimes.

The feeling that Hawaii had been unlawfully possessed by the United States was still a potent force .

But religious righteousness has been a more potent force than economic despair.

Alesi will be a potent force , particularly if the Michelin tyres work well in the rain.

Losing the potent force of Murdo MacLeod can not be used as an excuse, either.

These three potent forces - people, technology and competition - mean that industry can not afford to become institutionalized.

Technology drives changes Technological change is one of the most potent forces for upsetting existing industry structures.

symbol

This is one reason why the crackling sound of the geiger counter has become such a potent symbol of the dangers.

The jumbo jet is after all one of the most potent symbols of this century.

And surfing is the most potent symbol - even stimulus - of that shift.

For in the Soviet Union nuclear energy is a potent symbol of high technology and modernity.

For the individual, employment may represent the most potent symbol of adult status and integration into the community.

The crucial point is that the very potent symbol of Einstein was not a representation of the theory of relativity.

The spider and its web were potent symbols of Necromundan life.

weapon

Then she realised that her other hand held a much more potent weapon .

The Khans will tell you that many have now replaced the rifle with another potent weapon , the squash racquet.

But a good company pension scheme remains a potent weapon when it comes to attracting and keeping staff.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

potent weapons

His speech had a potent emotional impact.

unusually potent drugs

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Is he so bloody potent that he can thump you and make love to you and you let him do it?

Its human story is at least as potent as the visual energy that drives it.

The combination of early breakfast, exhaust fumes and nerves is a potent cocktail!

The idea, which smacks of Milton, was potent in the age.

The jumbo jet is after all one of the most potent symbols of this century.

They have a genuine and potent social power.

What we found was sometimes tremendously potent and sometimes confounding.

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