Critically
Critically adverb - In a critical manner.
Powerful and critically are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Powerful" instead an adverb "Critically".
Powerful
Powerful adverb - (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree.
Critically and powerful are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Critically" instead an adverb "Powerful".
Both words in one sentence
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However, when Beet gets in the middle of their fight with Beltorze, one of the most powerful Vandels around, he is critically injured.
Source: Manga / Beet the Vandel Buster - Final Fantasy VI introduced actual Desperation Attacks to the series, incredibly powerful attacks that can randomly occur when a character with critically low HP is given the "Fight" command.
Source: Desperation Attack -
Despite being one of the most powerful and gifted unicorns in the world, Twilight Sparkle from My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic occasionally messes up critically.
Source: Inept Mage
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