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   towering

   /ˈtaʊərɪŋ/

   adjective

   • 1. extremely tall, especially in comparison with the surroundings: "Hari looked up at the towering buildings" Similar hightallloftyelevatedsoaringsky-highsky-scrapingsteepmountainousimposingmultistoreygiantgiganticenormoushugecolossalvastimmensemassivemonstrousmammothmonumentaltitanicBrobdingnagianinformal:hulkingwhoppingginormousOpposite lowshort
   • 2. of great importance or influence: "a majestic, towering album" Similar outstandingpre-eminentleadingforemostfinestchiefexcellentdistinguishedprominenteminentimportantmajorstartoptopmostsurpassingsuperiorsupremeexceptionalstellargreatincomparableunrivalledunsurpassedpeerlessmatchlessunequalledfamousrenownedcelebratedillustriousextraordinaryOpposite undistinguishedinferior
   • ▪ of great intensity: "his towering anger" Similar extremefierceterribleintenseoverpoweringmightyviolentfieryunrestrainedvehementpassionateardentimmoderateintemperateinordinatefrenziedfanaticalzealousfranticdeepOpposite minorhalf-hearted

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   • Other forms: toweringly Towering things are extremely tall, like the towering skyscrapers in New York City or the towering redwoods in northern California. Use the adjective towering to describe gigantic things that loom over everything (or everyone) else.

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   • If you describe someone or something as towering, you are emphasizing that they are impressive because of their importance, skill, or intensity. He remains a towering figure in modern British politics. I saw her in a towering rage only once. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2.

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   • 1. very high or tall; lofty: a towering oak. 2. surpassing others; very great. 3. rising to an extreme degree of violence or intensity: a towering rage. 4. beyond the proper or usual limits; inordinate; excessive. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc.

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   Towering things are extremely tall, like the towering skyscrapers in New York City or the towering redwoods in northern California. Use the adjective towering to describe gigantic things that loom over everything (or everyone) else.

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