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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


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Broad Oak were eventually beaten by five wickets in a low scoring and titanically tense scrap, which was not without its moments of skulduggery and discord, directed both at the opposition and sadly the officials.
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