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Definition

very large in size, number, or effect

In geology, massive can refer to a type of rock rather than the size of a rock.

The entrance has massive brass doors.

massive = very large

The senator wants to eliminate massive fraud in the program.

massive = very large in amount or effect

The song was a massive hit.

massive = very large in effect

She suffered a massive heart attack.

massive = very large (in this case, affecting a large portion of the heart and having a very large effect)

The markets panicked as massive losses piled up during the financial crisis.

massive = very large

They occupy a massive acropolis with fifteen giant columns atop the only high ground, overlooking the pond.
Erik Larson -- The Devil in the White City
Whole populations potentially skelly-boned in the massive flash—dem bones, dem bones, sing the washtub women.
Don DeLillo -- Underworld
He was next door in the adjoining room, no doubt nursing the most massive hangover of his life.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Supremacy
His eye was trained not just on the massive inverted pyramid, but on what lay directly beneath it.
Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code
Once in a primeval age all matter was gathered in a clump so enormously massive that a pinhead weighed many billions of tons.
Jostein Gaarder -- Sophie's World
The question was only why such a massive guy had come running in the middle of the night as if he were being chased by the Devil himself.
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Played with Fire
To claim that legalized abortion resulted in a massive drop in crime will inevitably lead to explosive moral reactions.
Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner -- Freakonomics
His arms were covered in a fine layer of soot, like he'd just died in a massive fire .... which, of course, he had.
Rick Riordan -- The Blood of Olympus
On cue, the massive ring of Roshuim stood and roared.
Ted Dekker -- White: The Great Pursuit
This secret is worth massive gold.
Victor Hugo -- Les Miserables
How heavy and massive the universe is will determine what happens.
Jostein Gaarder -- Sophie's World
Du Niveau was along, massive, in his red suede coat and highly polished pointy shoes.
Saul Bellow -- The Adventures of Augie March
In his hand was a massive hammer with a short handle, just enough to grip.
Katherine Applegate -- Everworld - Search For Senna
Then, as suddenly as it had appeared, the Spirit Bear swung its massive head around and ambled away, vanishing ghostlike into the trees.
Ben Mikaeslen -- Touching Spirit Bear
Hassan said, "Sometimes the kafir likes to say massively obvious things in a really profound voice."
John Green -- An Abundance of Katherines

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