major power


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Noun1.major power - a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the worldmajor power - a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world
body politic, country, nation, res publica, commonwealth, state, land - a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"
hegemon - a leading or paramount power
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Philippines-Motolite relied on its major power source Myla Pablo to outlast PacificTown-Army, 25-16, 22-25, 25-18, 23-25, 15-10, Sunday night for its fourth straight win in the Premier Volleyball League Open Conference at Filoil Flying V Center.
[USA], July 14 (ANI): Singer Jennifer Lopez's sold-out concert at the Madison Square Garden witnessed a major power failure following which the show came to a halt, leaving fans in dismay.
KARACHI -- Tripping of units at the Guddu Thermal Power Plant led to a major power breakdown on Friday that affected various areas of Sindh and Balochistan.
KARACHI -- Almost eighty percent of areas in Karachi were hit by a major power breakdown Friday morning that persisted for more than three hours and could be restored almost mid noon.
The major power distribution companies (Discos)- Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco), Multan Electric Power Company (Mepco) and Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (Fesco) -started observing frequent outages without any schedule due to increasing shortfall besides forced shutdowns on the pretext of protecting the system in an uneven situation.
KARACHI Karachi on Monday suffered a major power breakdown that left vast areas of the city in darkness.
KARACHI -- Karachi on Saturday morning faced fourth major power breakdown in a month and the residents of one of the biggest city of the country had to spend hours without electricity due to lack of alternate electricity arrangements from K-Electric despite tall claims.
Karachi -- A major power breakdown hit the metropolis on Saturday as the national grid's transmission line tripped.
KARACHI:A major power outage hit various areas of Karachi on Saturday as the national grid's transmission line tripped.
structural, level focuses on world wars, during which the dynamics of linked major power rivalries could also affect the dynamics of the minor power rivalries they were linked to.
ISLAMABAD -- Federal Secretary of Power Division Yousuf Naseem Khokhar on Friday took a leave from office amid a major power crisis across the country.
Federal Secretary of Power Division Yousuf Naseem Khokhar on Friday, May 18, 2018, took a leave from office amid a major power crisis across the country.