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superpower noun
/ˈsuː.pəˌpaʊər/
/-pɚˌpaʊr/ n [C] Definition
a country which has very great political and military power
Since the disintegration of the USSR, there has been only one superpower - the USA.
(Definition of superpower noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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