Sprengkraft

German

Etymology

From sprengen (to blast) + Kraft (force).

Noun

Sprengkraft f (genitive Sprengkraft, plural Sprengkräfte)

  1. explosive force
    • 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 45/2010, page 17:
      Eine Paketbombe, die Anfang vergangener Woche im Kanzleramt eintraf, war von eher geringer Sprengkraft.
      A parcel bomb, which arrived in the Chancellery at the beginning of last week, was of comparatively smaller explosive force.

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