superbreath en · NOUN
Etymology
From super- + breath. Originally from the DC Comics Superman franchises.
Meanings
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(countable, rare, uncountable) An extremely powerful breath (exhalation).
Another creep he blew off the roof with his superbreath.
1992, Michael Kandel, Captain Jack Zodiac, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 63:They had the power of flight — Red Thread could cover thousand of miles in a night — and the power to disappear and transform: they had the power of superbreath that sent the enemy flying, as well as the power to create armies out of cutouts: they knew of magic drugs and powerful medications.
1999, Victoria Baldwin Cass, Dangerous Women: Warriors, Grannies, and Geishas of the Ming, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 81:His enormous muscles allowed him to perform any action at superspeed, and incredible lung power gave him superbreath, so he could blow the snow from an entire mountain range with one breath.
1982, John W. Presley, Essential Reading Skills, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, page 230:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| superbreaths | Number=Plur | lexicographic |