epic

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[ UK /ˈɛpɪk/ ]
[ US /ˈɛpɪk/ ]

NOUN

ADJECTIVE

constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic
epic tradition
very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale)
heroic sculpture
of heroic proportions
an epic voyage

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The finishing line may be in sight but the final lap is shaping up to be an epic battle. Times, Sunday Times
Kanjo said Thursday some of the coins depict Alexander on one side and the Greek god Zeus on the other. Toronto Sun
The four frame pic showing the red hotel collapsing is epic. Typhoon Morakot, The Damage Done | My[confined]Space
AMEN: Grassroots Football is an incredible interactive roadbook from photographer Jessica Hilltout that depicts the essence of soccer as experienced throughout the African continent. Daniel Maree: Six Positively Promising World Cup Campaigns You Might Have Missed
The artist had depicted her lying naked on a bed.
Difficulty shows what men are. Epictetus
_The Terrace at Berne_ has been already dealt with, but that mood for epicede, which was so frequent in Mr Arnold, finds in the _Carnac_ stanzas adequate, and in _A Southern Night_ consummate, expression. Matthew Arnold
In a 1983 ad, the Gillette man was depicted as the tiny weakling on a basketball court full of giants; his shaver, he said, helped him even the odds.
But going back to the days when I was seeing these epics first time round, in the fleapits and bug-hutches of south-east Leeds - most of them converted music halls or disused chapels - we didn't give a hoot what the title of the film was.
The epic cricket battle between England and Australia has sparked a deluge of wagers. The Sun

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