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/kəˈlɒsəl/
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kəˈlɒsəl
Adjective
Extremely large or on a great scale.
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A single puppy can make a colossal mess.
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Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[…]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.
What is wrong with you, you colossal fucking creep⁉ You found the only possible wrong answer to that question! “What’s your favorite color? Hitler.”
Amazingly spectacular; extraordinary; epic.
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"It's just the very biggest thing that I ever heard of!" said I, though it was my journalistic rather than my scientific enthusiasm that was roused. "It is colossal. You are a Columbus of science who has discovered a lost world."
Adjective
so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
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colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple
has a colossal nerve
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a prodigious storm
a stupendous field of grass
stupendous demand