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Colossus

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monsternounA terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind.
behemothnoun(by extension) Any great and mighty monster.
goliathnoun(figuratively) Any large person or thing; someone or something that is abnormally large or powerful.
heavyweightnoun(uncountable, boxing) The professional boxing weight class for boxers weighing more than 190 pounds; a boxer in that division.
giantnounVery large.
titannounSomething or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.

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heavyweightnoun(uncountable, boxing) The professional boxing weight class for boxers weighing more than 190 pounds; a boxer in that division.
titannounSomething or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.
behemothnoun(by extension) Any great and mighty monster.
giantnounA very tall and large person.
monsternounA terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind.
goliathnoun(figuratively) Any large person or thing; someone or something that is abnormally large or powerful.
monolithnoun(also attributively and figurative) Anything massive, uniform, and unmovable, especially a towering and impersonal cultural, political, or social organization or structure.
juggernautnounA literal or metaphorical force or object regarded as unstoppable, that will crush all in its path.
colanounA beverage or a drink made with kola nut flavoring, caramel and carbonated water.
supercolossusnoun(very rare, figuratively) Something that is of a very large size.
colossalitynounThe quality of being colossal; hugeness.
colossalnessnounThe quality of being colossal.
hulknoun(nautical) (by extension) A non-functional but floating ship, usually stripped of equipment and rigging, and often put to other uses such as accommodation or storage.
elephantnounA large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia.
statuarynounStatues considered collectively.
mastodonnounExtinct elephant-like mammal of the genus †Mammut that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differs from elephants and mammoths in the form of the molar teeth.
mammothnounAny species of the extinct genus Mammuthus, of large, usually hairy, elephant-like mammals with long curved tusks and an inclined back, which became extinct with the last retreat of ice age glaciers during the late Pleistocene period, and are known from fossils, frozen carcasses, and Paleolithic cave paintings found in North America and Eurasia.
megamonumentnounA very large monument.
olympiannoun(sports) Of or relating to the modern Olympic Games; Olympic.
monumentalismnoun(architecture) A style characterized by massive, monumental buildings

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