all-powerful

adjective

all-pow·​er·​ful ˈȯl-ˈpau̇(-ə)r-fəl How to pronounce all-powerful (audio)
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: having complete or sole power
an all-powerful leader

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that country's monarch was never an all-powerful ruler, but one who shared power with a parliament
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If these companies have become so all-powerful, why not give up the fight and join them? — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2026 The film opens with a stunning shot of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, which will turn into a metaphor for building all-powerful AI systems over the course of the film. — Hayden Field, The Verge, 8 Oct. 2026 There’s still the nonchalance, the feeling of being all-powerful that many teenagers have. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026 The imperious Brennan began as a lowly field operative for the all-powerful World Security Bureau, but ended his run with McKenna in the driver’s seat as the head of the WSB’s Port Charles office. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for all-powerful

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First Known Use

1597, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of all-powerful was in 1597

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all-powerful

adjective
all-pow·​er·​ful
ˈȯl-ˈpau̇(-ə)r-fəl
: having complete power
an all-powerful leader
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