Definition of "powerplay" [powerplay]

• Alternative spelling of power play. (noun)

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• "Has shown flashes of brilliance at the junior level, can play both the wings and has seen time running the powerplay from the point."
• "Raina has his fifty, and Anderson in the powerplay has been a gamble that isn't paying off."
• "It's another simple but ingenious variation on an established racing game model: impressive driving - drifts, drafting, jumps and near misses - feeds into a three-stage power bar, each segment of which allows you to set off an explosion, called a powerplay, to bring the likes of radio control towers, freeways and burnt-out cars down on your opponents."