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Sheer Complete Noun Emphasize Great Important Powerful Quality

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[ before noun ] used to emphasize how very great, important or powerful a quality or feeling is; nothing except 
    The suggestion is sheer  nonsense .     
  His success was due to sheer willpower/determination.     
  It was sheer coincidence that we met. 
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extremely steep; almost vertical 
  a sheer mountain side 
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by (sheer) force/weight of numbers 


because the number of people or things was so great 
    The crowd managed to force its way in by sheer weight of numbers. 

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