immense

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When a nuclear weapon detonates or a serious reactor accident occurs, an immense burst of energy is released in less than a millionth of a second.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

She said Henry had been the first grandchild of her elderly parents to go to university and it was a moment that had "filled all of us with immense pride".

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

The need to clear that nearly 33,000-investment logjam presents an immense task that stretches firms thin and weighs on fundraising, bankers and consultants say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

“Removing any book from circulation is, and should be, an immense decision,” he wrote.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

For what they now saw, swirling and twisting directly over their heads, was an immense black cloud, a terrible, dangerous, thundery-looking thing that began to rumble and roar even as they were staring at it.

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl