adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a colossal statue (= very large )
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The north side of the building is dominated by a colossal statue of Bishop Gregory.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A crane arrived, its colossal arm reaching out of the sky toward the building.
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Children are failing exams and dropping out of school in colossal numbers.
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It was a colossal disappointment.
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Ramses ordered colossal statues carved in his honor.
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There was a colossal statue of the King in the middle of the square.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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During the middle of each month the full moon was attacked by a colossal sow and ravenously devoured.
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Indeed, even colossal traffic jams, for all their cost in wasted time, have failed to deter motorists.
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Tabitha looked up at the colossal walls of seamless pink stone rising hundreds of metres overhead, disappearing up into the dark.
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The cost in terms of technological advance and the dissemination of fresh and stimulating ideas, is incalculable but colossal .
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They mix colossal metal riffs with hip-hop, employing four-letter lyrics.
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To cut our own throats so thoroughly and so hopelessly would require colossal stupidity.
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You could try of course, but after a colossal , tiring ridge-walk you would be a dingbat even to think of it.
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You think the Red Cross is the savior during colossal natural disasters like earthquakes and hurricanes and floods and tornadoes.