{
  "puissance":{
    "antonyms":[
      "impotence",
      "impotency",
      "powerlessness",
      "weakness"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": strength , power":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the president pledged to put the full puissance of the nation into the war effort",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The reboot arrives at the peak of reggaeton\u2019s pop puissance , and rightfully incorporates a lot more of the genre and its offshoots \u2014 Latin trap included. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Nov. 2021",
      "Which of you has the puissance to short-term deep-six me",
      "The doctrine\u2019s puissance lies in the separation of powers. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 14 Jan. 2020",
      "Over the years, when French leaders have called for a Europe puissance (European power), this has often sounded suspiciously like code for French hegemonic ambitions. \u2014 The Economist , 7 Nov. 2019",
      "There was a time when Jupiter was the king of the gods, and any man who doubted his puissance was ipso facto a barbarian and an ignoramus. \u2014 John E. Mcintyre, baltimoresun.com , 29 Aug. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French pussance, puissance , from pussant able, powerful, from poer to be able, be powerful \u2014 more at power":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8py\u00fc-\u0259-s\u0259n(t)s",
      "\u02c8pwi-s\u1d4an(t)s",
      "py\u00fc-\u02c8i-s\u1d4an(t)s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "energy",
      "firepower",
      "force",
      "horsepower",
      "might",
      "muscle",
      "potence",
      "potency",
      "power",
      "sinew",
      "strength",
      "vigor"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224644",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "puissant":{
    "antonyms":[
      "helpless",
      "impotent",
      "insignificant",
      "little",
      "powerless",
      "unimportant",
      "weak"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having puissance : powerful":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "one of the nation's most respected and puissant advocates for the rights of minorities"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8py\u00fc-\u0259-s\u0259nt",
      "py\u00fc-\u02c8i-s\u1d4ant",
      "\u02c8pwi-s\u1d4ant"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "heavy",
      "heavy-duty",
      "important",
      "influential",
      "mighty",
      "potent",
      "powerful",
      "significant",
      "strong"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064852",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  }
}