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[ adjective ] greatest in size of those under consideration

Synonyms

largest greatest

Used in print

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

Arkansas combined 280 yards rushing with 64 yards passing ( on 5 completions in 7 tosses ) and a tough defense to whip TCU , and A+M , with a 38 - point bulge against Texas_Tech ran_up its biggest total loop play since 1950 .

("Editorials"...)

The biggest nuclear device the United_States has exploded measured some 15 megatons , although our B-52s are said to be carrying two 20 - megaton_bombs apiece .

(Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)

Laurence_M_._Klauber put length at maturity at two thirds the ultimate length for some rattlesnakes , and Charles_C_._Carpenter 's data on Michigan garter and ribbon_snakes ( Thamnophis ) show that the smallest gravid females are more_than half as long as the biggest adults .

(Francis Pollini, Night....)

Biggest thorn in my side of the whole fucken squad .

(Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)

He knew at a glance that the biggest sandals belonged to Niobe , the neatest ones to Concetta , and the laced ones to Romeo , Concetta 's idiot brother .

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