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superstrength (plural superstrengths)

1. Remarkable strength, above and beyond that of normal human strength.
   • 1987, Ken Sprague, The Gold's Gym Book of Strength Training for Athletes‎, Berkley, →ISBN, →OL, page 347:

     Up to this point we have been concentrating on varying combinations of strength and endurance, but we will now turn to methods of developing either superstrength or superendurance with weights.

2. Remarkable strength, containing a higher percentage of alcohol than is typical or expected. (of an alcoholic beverage)
   • 2012, Michael J. Kuhar, Howard A. Liddle, Drugs of Abuse, page 19:

     The potency of such a beer is typically 4 to 5 percent ABV (alcohol by volume), although low-alcohol and superstrength beers are also available.

3. Superhuman strength
   • 2006 August 8, Sharon Lamb with Lyn Mikel Brown, Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers' Schemes, New York: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 96:

     They have the power to make things happen, see the future, and kill off bad guys, but they rarely have the superstrength of Superman, which would make them too unfeminine.