Big gun
Big gun noun - One of high position or importance within a group.
Hero
Hero noun - A person who is the object of extreme or uncritical devotion.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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During the Dark Age, it was remarkably common for a hero's superpower to simply be "uses a big gun." This was particularly true of Rob Liefeld and those inspired by him.
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The hero takes out the vehicle directly, either by hitting a weak point, manipulating it into a trap, or just using a very big gun.
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In Reckless Kelly, an assassin sent by the villain shoots the hero in the chest with a stupidly big gun, and the bullet is stopped by the tacky oversized crucifix the hero had been wearing as part of a costume for a B-movie he was acting in.
Source: Pocket Protector
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