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Meanings of colossal in английском

So great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe.

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Usage of colossal in английском
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She fixes problems: not run-of-the-mill ones, but problems on a colossal scale.
The Guardian
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China is entering the second stage of its colossal fight against graft.
Reuters
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We were sent to the Irish Sea: the minefields there were colossal.
The Guardian
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In the post-Covid-19 world, the problem is bound to reach colossal proportions.
Wired
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The statue was colossal, and was placed in the citadel of Antwerp.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 15: 1568, part II
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Twenty-four bronze-coloured colossal figures filling up the spaces in the architectural framework.
Michael Angelo Buonarroti / With Translations Of The Life Of The...
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Three weeks is enough time to wallow in your own colossal mistake.
Blameless
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The colossal achievement of this series really is something to wonder at.
The Guardian
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The dimensions of the main dining room are colossal, the light wondrous.
BBC
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Gwin still lives, the most colossal figure in the history of California.
California Sketches, New Series
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He was colossal and fallible; a spearhead and enforcer in equal measure.
The Guardian
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Now over the colossal stone oxen hung the bells of the Cathedral.
Christmas in Legend and Story: A Book for Boys and Girls
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Yes? He gestured, and a demonic secretary appeared in his colossal hand.
Johannes cabal the necromancer
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Behind the house the uplands slope away to the colossal Mauna Kea.
The Hawaiian Archipelago
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It is a matter of colossal regret, but it is a fact.
The Irish Times
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If it were ever politically achievable, reunification would prove a colossal task.
Reuters
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