Impulse and Power

Impulse

Impulse noun - Something that arouses action or activity.

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Power and impulse are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Power" instead a noun "Impulse".

Nearby Words: impulsive, impulsively, impulsion, impulsing, impulsed

Power noun - The right or means to command or control others.

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Impulse and power are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Impulse" instead a noun "Power".

high	high impulse	high power
full	full impulse	full power
pure	pure impulse	pure power
common	common impulse	common power
Other adjectives: original, true, single, sheer, strong, psychic, new, destructive, extra, electric, electrical.

Her "Good End" has her instead laying low until enough of her power returns to resist the impulse, and sticking around.

Source: But Now I Must Go
Instead of killing her in a clean and deniable way as ordered, he can't resist the impulse to play a sadistic power game, and pulls a Shoot Your Mate / Deadly Graduation on Odin.

Source: Series / Caprica
Many characters in the Nasuverse have an "inversion impulse", the desire to go psycho and unleash the full power their bitchin' superpowers on the world in an orgy of murder, due to their monstorous bloodlines.

Source: Super-Powered Evil Side

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