puissance de feu
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French
Pronunciation
Noun
puissance de feu f (plural puissances de feu)
- firepower (capacity of a weapon)
- (figurative) might, influence
- 2019 July 5, Philippe Escande, “Sans attendre le Brésil, l'Europe s'est convertie à l'industrie agricole de masse”, in Le Monde:
- L’accord de libre-échange entre l’UE et le Mercosur fait craindre aux producteurs français d’être écrasés par la puissance de feu du Brésil.
- The free trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur makes French producers fear that they will be crushed by the might of Brazil.