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pow
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pow has 1 sense
- pow(n = noun.person) prisoner of war - a person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in time of war; Array is a kind of captive, prisoner
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pow, abbr. prisoner of war.
pow, int. expressing the sound of a blow or explosion.
Etymology
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THESAURUS
pow
cageling, captive, chain gang, con, convict, detenu, ex-convict, gaolbird, internee, jailbird, lifer, parolee, political prisoner, prisoner, prisoner of war, stir bird, ticket-of-leave man, ticket-of-leaver, trustyROGET THESAURUS
pow
Prisoner
N prisoner, prisoner of war, POW, captive, inmate, detainee, hostage, abductee, detenu, close prisoner, jail bird, ticket of leave man, chevronne, imprisoned, in prison, in quod, in durance vile, in limbo, in custody, doing time, in charge, in chains, under lock and key, under hatches, on parole.Snap
N snap, rapping, decrepitation, crepitation, report, thud, burst, explosion, blast, boom, discharge, detonation, firing, salvo, volley, squib, cracker, firecracker, cherry bomb, M, gun, cap, cap gun, popgun, implosion, bomb burst, atomic explosion, nuclear explosion (arms), gunpowder, dynamite, gun cotton, nitroglycerine, nitrocellulose, plastic explosive, plastique, TNT, cordite, trinitrotoluene, picric acid, picrates, mercury fulminate (arms), whack, wham, pow, rapping, Int, kaboom!, whamo!, Heewhack!, pow!.
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