All 10 Uses of
massive
in
The Killer Angels
- Rather massive ladies, most of them, but one or two have charm.†
Chpt 1.4massive = very large
- It died in massive fire.†
Chpt 1.4
- Off to the left there was massive firing.†
Chpt 1.4
- Beyond that hill Lee could begin to feel the weight of the Union Army, the massive blue force pouring his way.†
Chpt 1.4 *
- Chamberlain saw a glistening black chest, massive muscles.†
Chpt 2.2
- The artillery fire was growing, becoming massive.†
Chpt 2.4
- They passed massive boulders, the stumps of newly sawed trees, splinters of shattered ones.†
Chpt 2.4
- At the end of the spur was a massive boulder.†
Chpt 2.4
- "General, the enemy is there—" Lee lifted his arm, pointed up the ridge in a massive gesture—"and there's where I'm going to strike him."†
Chpt 3.2
- Massive wave of fire rolled over from the left.†
Chpt 3.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(massive) very large in size, number, or effect
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In geology, massive can refer to a type of rock rather than the size of a rock.