titanic
1Origin of titanic
1Words Nearby titanic
Other definitions for titanic (2 of 3)
(initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Titans.
Also titan. of enormous size, strength, power, etc.; gigantic.
Origin of titanic
2Other words from titanic
- ti·tan·i·cal·ly, adverb
Other definitions for Titanic (3 of 3)
RMS Titanic, a British luxury liner that sank after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage in April 1912, with a loss of more than 1,500 lives.
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How to use titanic in a sentence
He got his wish for a silly role Saturday night, returning to the desk for the 109th anniversary of the titanic’s demise to play the iceberg that sank the British luxury liner.
Bowen Yang steals SNL playing the iceberg that sank the Titanic | Sonia Rao | April 11, 2021 | Washington PostI don’t feel like a lot of the men, especially men in power, stand up in their position and hold on to the women who are about to fall over the titanic and make sure the ship doesn’t sink.
21 Years After Her Debut, Trina Is Still ‘Da Baddest’ | Brande Victorian | March 19, 2021 | Essence.comFrom abroad, movies including titanic, Frozen and Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone have topped the box office charts.
Everything to Know About Demon Slayer: The Manga, TV Series and Record-Breaking Film | Kat Moon | February 24, 2021 | TimeThere is likely to be a titanic legal battle one day between local governments and the fossil-fuel energy companies that officials blame for the climate-change damage they say their cities have suffered.
Supreme Court hears dispute with big implications for climate-change litigation | Robert Barnes | January 19, 2021 | Washington PostThe minute-long video features a band playing, “Nearer My God To Thee,” believed to be the final song played by the band on the titanic.
Music made 2020 better, but we failed to make 2020 better for musicians | Brian Heater | December 25, 2020 | TechCrunch
“A turning point in my life was when I watched the movie titanic,” Yeonmi told the audience at the Oslo Freedom Forum.
How ‘Titanic ’Helped This Brave Young Woman Escape North Korea’s Totalitarian State | Lizzie Crocker | October 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYou know, James Cameron: the director of The Terminator, True Lies, titanic, and Avatar, among other obscure movies.
And while I may have put a bunch of stunt guys in peril on titanic, it was my ass in the sphere on the dive.
The American people largely thought him a crazy man in 1964, and of course he lost to Johnson by titanic proportions.
titanic once bet $10,000 that Nick (the Greek) Dandolos, another high operator, would not sink a 25-foot putt.
Then came the end: the titanic, with a low long slanting dive went down and with her Thomas Andrews.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowShe was here, and the place was about to be blasted by some titanic explosive of the Croen science creation!
Valley of the Croen | Lee TarbellAt every turn in the river the panorama changed, and they beheld new marvels of this titanic architecture.
Overland | John William De ForestSo far as can be ascertained, it was never heard of by anyone on board the titanic outside the Marconi room.
Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' | British GovernmentThis message was from the steamship Californian to the steamship Antillian, but was picked up by the titanic.
Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' | British Government
British Dictionary definitions for titanic (1 of 3)
/ (taɪˈtænɪk) /
of or containing titanium, esp in the tetravalent state
British Dictionary definitions for titanic (2 of 3)
/ (taɪˈtænɪk) /
possessing or requiring colossal strength: a titanic battle
Derived forms of titanic
- titanically, adverb
British Dictionary definitions for Titanic (3 of 3)
/ (taɪˈtænɪk) /
the Titanic a luxury British liner that struck an iceberg near Newfoundland on its maiden voyage on the night of April 14–15, 1912, with the loss of 1513 lives
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Cultural definitions for Titanic
A British luxury ocean liner, thought to be unsinkable, which nevertheless sank on its first voyage in 1912 after running into an iceberg in the north Atlantic Ocean. More than fifteen hundred people drowned.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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