If you describe something as ~, you mean that it is very big or important, and usually that it involves very powerful forces.
The world had witnessed a ~ struggle between two visions of the future.
= monumental
ADJ: usu ADJ n
If you describe something as ~, you mean that it is very big or important, and usually that it involves very powerful forces.
The world had witnessed a ~ struggle between two visions of the future.
= monumental
ADJ: usu ADJ n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012