titanic
[adjective]
Synonyms: huge, colossal, cyclopean, enormous, gargantuan, gigantic, Herculean, mighty, monstrous, tremendous

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Titanic, the
a large British passenger ship which was considered impossible to sink, but which hit an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean, and as a result sank, killing more than 1,500 of its passengers. According to one story, the band continued playing while the ship was sinking. People sometimes use the phrase ‘like re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic’ to describe the actions of a person or organization which makes small and useless changes to a situation, when the situation is already hopeless and certain to fail.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

ti‧tan‧ic /taɪˈtænɪk/ adjective
very big, strong, impressive etc:
a titanic struggle

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

Titanic, the
a large British passenger ship which was considered impossible to sink, but which hit an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean, and as a result sank, killing more than 1,500 of its passengers. According to one story, the band continued playing while the ship was sinking. People sometimes use the phrase ‘like re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic’ to describe the actions of a person or organization which makes small and useless changes to a situation, when the situation is already hopeless and certain to fail.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲