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monstrosity

[mon-stros-i-tee] / mɒnˈstrɒs ɪ ti /


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In it, a government scientist discovers that a scaly creature worshiped by island villagers as a sea god has grown to a monstrosity that dwarfs tall buildings.

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2026

And so was the Kennedy Center in its monstrosity.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

Hughes pointed to the impact of the United States' 15-megaton Bravo test at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands on March 1, 1954 -- "equivalent to 1,000 Hiroshima bombs -- an absolute monstrosity".

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

Lieberman’s bill fused those two into a new agency, Customs and Border Protection—with Immigration and Customs Enforcement created as an initially small internal police force—then jammed them all into the hydra-headed monstrosity that is DHS.

From Slate • Jan. 15, 2026

“If I were at full strength, I would’ve blasted this flying monstrosity out of the sky already!”

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan




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