adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a powerful/potent reminder
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The soldiers' deaths are a powerful reminder of the price we pay for freedom.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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as
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For emotional resonance, flags are about as potent as a quadrilateral of cloth can be.
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Theophylline is roughly as potent as caffeine; theobromine is seven times weaker than either.
more
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Yet it is the Vauxhall that feels more potent low down.
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Shifting tides have subsequently resulted in conflict among various segments of Arab society, none more potent than the struggle of women.
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That comparison is made even more potent given that the large company tends to collapse the distinction between private and public power.
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Saturated fats are more potent in raising cholesterol levels.
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Correll thinks herbicides, more potent than they are given credit for, may be to blame.
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They were portrayed as more potent and, moreover, incurable.
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It held him in an interval of assessment more potent than the silence that accompanied it.
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We had been delivered into the midst of a birth far more significant, profoundly more potent than our own.
most
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President Ortega faces the most potent challenge to his leadership since the Sandinistas took full control in 1981.
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One of the major functions of the testes is to produce testosterone, the most potent androgen.
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It remains to this day one of the most potent monuments to racial segregation.
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Black peppercorns are the mature berries that are dried and have the most potent flavors.
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Indeed, neuropeptide Y is the most potent central stimulant of feeding known.
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In test tube and animal studies ABT-738 is the most potent anti-HIV drug to date.
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This is the most potent and consistent performance shaping factor ever uncovered by psychologists.
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Some have drawn up guidelines to snuff out only the most potent forms.
so
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Never before have we been so potent , not even in New York when we were combing nurses out of our hair.
very
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A magic-saturated shaman mushroom is very potent indeed, containing the essence of the shaman's magical power.
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Fermented for three years - very potent .
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But at least it would be better than letting herself be drawn in by his very potent brand of masculine attraction.
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The crucial point is that the very potent symbol of Einstein was not a representation of the theory of relativity.
■ NOUN
combination
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Incidentally this clarifies why the man-machine system is such a potent combination .
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Unfortunately it was a potent combination , and there was no known cure.
drug
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There is no doubt that these potent drugs caused many problems.
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Most of the potent drugs obtained from plants are known to act on specific physiological systems.
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The second disadvantage of punishment is that rather like potent drugs , it leads to unwanted side-effects.
force
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Evangelicalism became an especially potent force in the attack on traditional pastimes.
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The feeling that Hawaii had been unlawfully possessed by the United States was still a potent force .
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But religious righteousness has been a more potent force than economic despair.
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Alesi will be a potent force , particularly if the Michelin tyres work well in the rain.
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Losing the potent force of Murdo MacLeod can not be used as an excuse, either.
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These three potent forces - people, technology and competition - mean that industry can not afford to become institutionalized.
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Technology drives changes Technological change is one of the most potent forces for upsetting existing industry structures.
symbol
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This is one reason why the crackling sound of the geiger counter has become such a potent symbol of the dangers.
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The jumbo jet is after all one of the most potent symbols of this century.
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And surfing is the most potent symbol - even stimulus - of that shift.
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For in the Soviet Union nuclear energy is a potent symbol of high technology and modernity.
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For the individual, employment may represent the most potent symbol of adult status and integration into the community.
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The crucial point is that the very potent symbol of Einstein was not a representation of the theory of relativity.
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The spider and its web were potent symbols of Necromundan life.
weapon
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Then she realised that her other hand held a much more potent weapon .
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The Khans will tell you that many have now replaced the rifle with another potent weapon , the squash racquet.
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But a good company pension scheme remains a potent weapon when it comes to attracting and keeping staff.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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potent weapons
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His speech had a potent emotional impact.
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unusually potent drugs
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Is he so bloody potent that he can thump you and make love to you and you let him do it?
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Its human story is at least as potent as the visual energy that drives it.
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The combination of early breakfast, exhaust fumes and nerves is a potent cocktail!
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The idea, which smacks of Milton, was potent in the age.
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The jumbo jet is after all one of the most potent symbols of this century.
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They have a genuine and potent social power.
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What we found was sometimes tremendously potent and sometimes confounding.