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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

colossal
    adj 1: so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe;
           "colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"; "has a
           colossal nerve"; "a prodigious storm"; "a stupendous
           field of grass"; "stupendous demand" [syn: colossal,
           prodigious, stupendous]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Colossal \Co*los"sal\, a. [Cf. F. colossal, L. colosseus. See
   Colossus.]
   1. Of enormous size; gigantic; huge; as, a colossal statue.
      "A colossal stride." --Motley.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Sculpture & Painting) Of a size larger than heroic. See
      Heroic.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Colossal:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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