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massive

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Of or pertaining to a large mass; weighty, heavy, or bulky. n. (context mineralogy English) A homogeneous mass of rock, not layered and without an obvious crystal structure.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
MASSIVE '' ( Multiple Agent Simulation System in Virtual Environment '') is a high-end computer animation and artificial intelligence software package used for generating crowd-related visual effects for film and television.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1400, from Middle French massif "bulky, solid," from Old French masse "lump" (see mass (n.1)). Related: Massively ; massiveness . U.S. Cold War strategy of massive retaliation was introduced by J.F. Dulles in early 1954.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. imposing in size or bulk or solidity; "massive oak doors"; "Moore's massive sculptures"; "the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture"; "a monumental scale" [syn: monolithic , monumental ] being the same substance throughout; "massive silver" ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
massive \mass"ive\ (m[.a]s"[i^]v), a. [F. massif.] Forming, or consisting of, a large mass; compacted; weighty; heavy; massy. ``Massive armor.'' --Dr. H. More. (Min.) In mass; not necessarily without a crystalline structure, but having no regular ...

Usage examples of massive.

Buffaloes are heavily built oxen, with sparsely haired skin, large ears, long, tufted tails, broad muzzles and massive angulated horns.

Montpelier, then fissioned in a purposely ugly way in such a way as to create like hellacious amounts of highly poisonous radioactive wastes, which are mixed with heavy water and specially heated-zirconium-piped through special heavily guarded heated zirconium pipes back down to Montpelier as raw materiel for the massive poisons needed for toxic lithiumization and waste-intenseness and annular fusion.

Bandar could imagine Malabar and the angry hydromants, standing along the south wall, eyeing the darkness beyond the shantytown and waiting for the first glint of spear and halberd in the grip of massive Bololos who were themselves no less in the grasp of an archetypical holy violence.

Major Domo by at least a full head, the gray-robed Archon was so massive as to make the largest man present look small.

The beast screamed in pain and tossed its head, angling that massive head back and forth now with only one eye to see.

World Health Organization, together with the Centers for Disease Control, had put up unrestricted funds and massive rewards for an antivirus that would save the two hundred thousand people who would otherwise die in less than three weeks.

As the ice gripping the base of the structure twisted to some unseen current, the two opposites sides came into view, revealing the broken maw of wooden framework reaching beneath the street level, crowded with enormous balsa logs and what appeared to be massive inflated bladders, three of them punctured and flaccid.

Romero also suggested that there had been massive resorting and shifting of the beds in the barranca, making it possible that implements and animal bones from surface layers had become mixed into the lower levels of the cliff.

The bar alone would not be enough to stand against the massive battering ram.

The shattering thrusts of the massive battering ram continued to sake the great wall as Balinor and Durin faced each other across the little room.

Massive earthquakes had occurred in Turkey, Chile and elsewhere, many of them battering communities already devastated by the effects of the Tide.

The massive gates slowly swung open on their creaking hinges, and as de Batz passed beneath the archway they closed again behind him.

On examination, it had proved that Wilhelmina Spencer-Brown had died of heart failure, owing to a massive dose of belladonna, which, since she had not eaten since a light breakfast, appeared to have been consumed in some ginger-flavored tonic cordial, the only substance in the stomach at the time of death.

Edward I was not idle either and his army advanced from Newcastle to Berwick, which he took with a massive slaughter of the inhabitants.

The giant called Rudi Blau turned his sixfoot-six bulk toward them and chuckled damply through massive yellowing teeth.