Powerplay

Word POWERPLAY
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Definitions and meanings of "Powerplay"

What do we mean by powerplay?

Tactics used to magnify power or influence.

A strategy or maneuver with a similar intention.

A situation where a team has a numerical advantage on the ice due to one or more penalties given to the opposing team.

A similar situation in other ball games such as lacrosse, indoor soccer, rugby and cricket.

A play used to move the stones to the side of the sheet.

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The word "powerplay" in example sentences

Has shown flashes of brilliance at the junior level, can play both the wings and has seen time running the powerplay from the point. ❋ Unknown (1999)

Raina has his fifty, and Anderson in the powerplay has been a gamble that isn't paying off. ❋ Unknown (2011)

It's another simple but ingenious variation on an established racing game model: impressive driving - drifts, drafting, jumps and near misses - feeds into a three-stage power bar, each segment of which allows you to set off an explosion, called a powerplay, to bring the likes of radio control towers, freeways and burnt-out cars down on your opponents. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He also supported the huge advantages batsmen enjoy nowadays, such as powerplay, free hit and limiting bouncers. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Throughout a race, players can build up their "powerplay" meter by performing stunts such as jumps and precision driving such as passing very close to objects and drifting. ❋ Jason Andrews (2010)

As you race towards maximum velocity, you'll get a chance to charge the "powerplay" meter by pulling of a variety of stunts. ❋ Unknown (2010)

What we should be concerned about is whether the decision reached is actually the right one, not some banal behind the scenes "powerplay". ❋ Unknown (2009)

The gameplay trailer, narrated by affable game director Nick Baynes, explains and illustrates the "powerplay" concept that drives the explosions. ❋ Unknown (2009)

CK & Clbrune – I don’t know why you think there is some kind of powerplay going on in TEAM LOSER. ❋ Unknown (2006)

EPU at 64 wrote: I don’t know why you think there is some kind of powerplay going on in TEAM LOSER. ❋ Unknown (2006)

'powerplay' concept didn't work anything like they had hoped, simply because it gave captains too much leeway on when to use them. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It's all an Obama powerplay; nothing to do with justice ... wants another puppet close at hand ... maria ❋ Unknown (2009)

England had needed 59 runs from 48 balls when they took that powerplay and had eight wickets in hand. ❋ Unknown (2011)

We got ourselves in a position where we just needed to have a good powerplay, Strauss said. ❋ Unknown (2011)

O'Brien took a calculated risk by starting the batting powerplay in the 31st over, though admittedly he did not have much of a stake to lose. ❋ Unknown (2011)

A police raid is not romantic .... this was a greedy powerplay. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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