towering
/ˈtaʊəɹɪŋ/ noun C1- The act or condition of being high above others.
Plural towerings
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It was a large, straggling building, very old in the centre, very new at the wings, with towering Tudor chimneys and a lichen-spotted, high-pitched roof of Horsham slabs.
As we left the town of Banff, towering peaks of the Canadian Rockies surrounded us.
Billions of tons of pulverized topsoil were swept up into towering clouds that rolled aggressively across the landscape, burying fences and houses.
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