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massive
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The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber
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- The three of them walked over to where the second buffalo bulked blackly in the open, head forward on the grass, the massive horns swung wide.†
*massive = very large
- Good work," and he turned to grip Macomber's hand and as they shook hands, grinning at each other, the gun-bearer shouted wildly and they saw him coming out of the bush sideways, fast as a crab, and the bull coming, nose out, mouth tight closed, blood dripping, massive head straight out, coming in a charge, his little pig eyes bloodshot as he looked at them.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(massive) very large in size, number, or effect
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) In geology, massive can refer to a type of rock rather than the size of a rock.