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titanic

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ti·tan·ic 1  (t-tnk)
adj.
1. Titanic Of or relating to the Titans.
2.
a. Having great stature or enormous strength; huge or colossal: titanic creatures of the deep.
b. Of enormous scope, power, or influence: "a deepening sense that some titanic event lay just beyond the horizon" (W. Bruce Lincoln).

ti·tani·cal·ly adv.

ti·tan·ic 2  (t-tnk, -tnk, t-)
adj.
Relating to or containing titanium, especially with valence 4.

Titanic [taɪˈtænɪk]
n
(Historical Terms) the. a luxury British liner that struck an iceberg near Newfoundland on its maiden voyage on the night of April 14-15, 1912, with the loss of 1513 lives

titanic1
adj
(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) of or containing titanium, esp in the tetravalent state

titanic2
adj
possessing or requiring colossal strength a titanic battle
titanically  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.titanic - of great force or power
big, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"

titanic
adjective gigantic, huge, giant, massive, towering, vast, enormous, mighty, immense, jumbo (informal), monstrous, mammoth, colossal, mountainous, stellar (informal), prodigious, stupendous, fuck-off (offensive taboo slang), herculean, elephantine, Brobdingnagian, humongous or humungous (U.S. slang) a titanic struggle between two visions of the future
Translations
titanic [taɪˈtænɪk] ADJ [struggle] → titánico; [scale, proportions] → inmenso, gigantesco
titanic [taɪˈtænɪk] n (= monumental) → titanesque
titanic
adj
(= huge)gigantisch
(Chem) → Titan-; titanic oxideTitandioxid nt
titanic [taɪˈtænɪk] adjtitanico/a
titanic [taɪˈtænɪk] adjtitanico/a


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Here once, through an alley Titanic, Of cypress, I roamed with my Soul -- Of cypress, with Psyche, my Soul.
I fancy, however, that their strength was rather of the tetanic than the titanic sort.
Its seeds were simply poured down into the water of the Wey and Thames, and its swiftly growing and Titanic water fronds speedily choked both those rivers.
 
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