Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun war_power

1 sense of war power

Sense 1
war power -- (an extraordinary power exercised (usually by the executive branch) in the prosecution of a war and involving an extension of the powers that the government normally has in peacetime)
       => office, power -- ((of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power; "being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage"; "during his first year in office"; "during his first year in power"; "the power of the president")