Strength (Degree of power)
Nouns
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strength
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power etc. Power
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energy etc. Physical Energy
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vigor, force
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main force, physical force, brute force
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spring, elasticity, tone, tension, tonicity. stoutness etc. adj.
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lustihood, stamina, nerve, muscle, sinew, thews and sinews, physique
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pith, pithiness
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virtility, vitality. athletics, athleticism
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gymnastics, feats of strength. adamant, steel, iron, oak, heart of oak
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iron grip
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grit, bone. athlete, gymnast, acrobat
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superman, Atlas, Hercules, Antaeus, Samson, Cyclops, Goliath
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tower of strength
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giant refreshed. strengthening etc. v.
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invigoration, refreshment, refocillation. [Science of forces] dynamics, statics.
Verbs
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be strong etc. adj., be stronger
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overmatch. render strong etc. adj.
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give strength etc. n.
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strengthen, invigorate, brace, nerve, fortify, sustain, harden, case harden, steel, gird
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screw up, wind up, set up
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gird up one's loins, brace up one's loins
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recruit, set on one's legs
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vivify
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refresh etc. Refreshment
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refect
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reinforce, reenforce etc. (restore) Restoration.
Adjectives
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strong, mighty, vigorous, forcible, hard, adamantine, stout, robust, sturdy, hardy, powerful, potent, puissant, valid. resistless, irresistible, invincible, proof against, impregnable, unconquerable, indomitable, dominating, inextinguishable, unquenchable
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incontestable
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more than a match for
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overpowering, overwhelming
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all powerful, all sufficient
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sovereign. able-bodied
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athletic
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Herculean, Cyclopean, Atlantean
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muscular, brawny, wiry, well-knit, broad-shouldered, sinewy, strapping, stalwart, gigantic. manly, man-like, manful
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masculine, male, virile. unweakened, unallayed, unwithered, unshaken, unworn, unexhausted
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in full force, in full swing
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in the plenitude of power. stubborn, thick-ribbed, made of iron, deep-rooted
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strong as a lion, strong as a horse, strong as an ox, strong as brandy
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sound as a roach
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in fine feather, in high feather
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built like a brick shithouse
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like a giant refreshed.
Adverbs
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strongly etc. adj.
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by force etc. n.
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by main force etc. (by compulsion) Compulsion.
Phrases
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our withers are unwrung" [Hamlet]. Blut und Eisen [G.]
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ex vi termini
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he that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and he that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill" [Burke]
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inflexible in faith invincible in arms" [Beattie].