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I Survived The Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79
- Marcus looked up just in time to see a massive flaming boulder falling from the sky, a chunk of fiery rock from deep inside the mountain.†
p. 3.9massive = very large
- Marcus looked up just as the massive marble statue of Achilles came crashing down on top of him.†
p. 8.9
- His massive shield matched the armor strapped to his bulging legs and arms.†
p. 20.2
- There had come a low point in the Trojan War when the Greek armies had Troy surrounded, but they could not break through the massive wall that encircled the city.†
p. 28.4
- They headed for the mountain Vesuvius, a massive triangle of green that loomed up to the east of Pompeii.†
p. 38.2
- Fire leaped out of the crack, a massive flaming tongue that seemed to lick the sky and then disappear.†
p. 56.4 *
Definitions:
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(massive) very large in size, number, or effect
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(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.