terrific
/təˈɹɪf.ɪk/ adjective B1- Very strong or intense; excessive, tremendous. · The car came round the bend at a terrific speed.· I've got a terrific hangover this morning.
- Extremely good; excellent, amazing. · I say! She's a terrific tennis player.
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He was dragged back into the room, and then commenced a terrific conflict.
Holmes, what a terrific shock—pleasant but terrific—it was for me when I heard of this unparalleled good fortune.
The explosion soon followed; the upper rock was lifted from its base by the terrific force of the powder; the lower one flew into pieces; thousands of insects escaped from the aperture Dantès had previously formed, and a huge snake, like the guardian demon of the treasure, rolled himself along in darkening coils, and disappeared.
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