high tension
Dangerous power lines
High tension describes electrical systems carrying dangerously high voltage: high-tension wires, high-tension power lines.
The phrase also describes states of extreme nervousness or suspense—a taut atmosphere where something might snap at any moment: The negotiators worked in an atmosphere of high tension.
- power linesElevated electrical conductors
- live wireElectrified conductor or dynamo
- powerlinesWires carrying electricity overhead
- electricityEnergy from charged particles
- currentDirected flow of charge
transformer · conductor · tightrope · insulator · transmission lines · substation · power surge · electric shock · distribution · Hitchcock · thriller · ultrahigh · Alfred Hitchcock · suspense · nail biter · circuitry · switchgear · anxiety
- tensiontautness, tightness, strain, stiffness, rigidity
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high tensionrelaxation
State of being unwound
calm · tranquility · serenity · peace · ease
high tensionlow stakes
Minimal risk or consequence
anticlimactic · uneventful · mundane · boring · dull
high, higher, highest, highly, highness, height, heights, heighten, heightened