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• a  subjected to or capable of operating under relatively high voltage
  high-tension wire

• Michael Clayton is not an exercise in high-tension energy; you'll never confuse its eponymous protagonist with Jason Bourne.
• Sitting on high-tension wires is obviously for the birds.
• The men are working on the Krahnjkar Hydroelectric Project: a vast network of dams, reservoirs, tunnels, power stations and high-tension lines to support a new aluminum .

• low-tension

News & Articles

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• Acushnet selectmen refuse option on open space land
  ACUSHNET — Selectmen on Monday waived their first-refusal option on the pending sale of land at 396 Main St., through which a high-tension power line runs. The vote was 2-1 after lengthy discussion.
  June 21, 2013 - The Standard-Times

Quotes

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• Woody Allen in New York Daily News
  Our defence was good, our rebounding was better, it's really a high-tension situation. Players have come down to putting a lot on the line at this particular point. It's not about the coaching at that point. They've already got it in them. It's... Phil Jackson http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Jackson&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEIg0cFcpLK2A8kB4BtQY0BTg2KBg bettor.com (blog) http://www.google.com/url?q=http://blogs.bettor.com/Lakers-demolish-Boston-Celtics-in-game-6-a12766&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNF8S6QgqrUFbmUySnaFZ3q6M9bMQg Jun 16, 2010 47121 64022 high-toned But Allen says he'd prefer attaching his name to very elegant, high-toned, prestigious products" rather than American Apparel - whose ads, he said, have a "sleazy quality to them."