titanic

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for June 13, 2021 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>titanic</strong> &#149; \tye-TAN-ik\&nbsp; &#149; <em>adjective</em><br /> <p><strong>:</strong> having great magnitude, force, or power <strong>:</strong> <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colossal">colossal</a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>"A supernova occurs when a massive star in the bright disk of the galaxy runs out of fuel at the end of its life. With no 'fire' in its belly to beat back gravity's inexorable pull, the star implodes and then rebounds in a <em>titanic</em> explosion that rips it apart." — <a href="https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/science-and-nature/6640285-Astro-Bob-Astronomers-discover-that-Andromeda%E2%80%99s-halo-touches-the-Milky-Way">Bob King, <em>The Duluth (Minnesota) News Tribune</em>, 30 Aug. 2020</a></p> <p>"Even more impressive, is that in 1976-77 the band had yet to reach its commercial peak and was far from a proven arena-packing act. The tour lasted so long and was such a <em>titanic</em> undertaking, it was a key factor in the group taking an extended hiatus to recharge in the years following." — <a href="https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/4-takeaways-from-the-new-zz-top-documentary-11887225">Kelly Dearmore, <em>The Dallas Observer</em>, 11 Mar. 2020</a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p>Before becoming the name of the most famous ship in history, <em>titanic</em> referred to the Titans, a family of giants in Greek mythology who were believed to have once ruled the earth. They were subsequently overpowered and replaced by the younger Olympian gods under the leadership of Zeus. The size and power of the Titans is memorialized in the adjective <em>titanic</em> and in the noun <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/titanium"><em>titanium</em></a>, a chemical element of exceptional