word | titanic |
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definition | Having great size, strength, or power; colossal. |
eg_sentence | The titanic floods of 1993 destroyed whole towns on the Mississippi River. |
explanation | In Greek mythology, the Titans were the generation of giant creators that produced the younger, stronger, cleverer gods, who soon overpowered and replaced them (see Promethean above). In 1911 the largest ship that had ever been built was christened the Titanic for its unmatched size and strength. But the name may have proved unlucky; on its maiden voyage in 1912 a massive iceberg ripped a fatal hole in the great ship, and it sank in the icy waters off Newfoundland. |
IPA | taɪˈtænɪk |
Tags: mwvb::unit:10, mwvb::unit:10:word, mwvb::word, mwvb::word-cloze, mwvb::word-reverse, obsidian_to_anki
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