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  • 1terrific — adjective Etymology: Latin terrificus, from terrēre to frighten Date: 1667 1. a. very bad ; frightful b. exciting or fit to excite fear or awe < a terrific thunderstorm > 2. extraordinary < terrific speed …

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  • 2terrific — /təˈrɪfɪk / (say tuh rifik) adjective 1. extraordinarily great, intense, etc.: terrific speed. 2. Colloquial very good: terrific food; terrific fishing. 3. causing terror; terrifying. {Latin terrificus frightening} –terrifically, adverb …

  • 3terrific — terrifically, adv. /teuh rif ik/, adj. 1. extraordinarily great or intense: terrific speed. 2. extremely good; wonderful: a terrific vacation. 3. causing terror; terrifying. [1660 70; < L terrificus frightening, equiv. to terr(ere) to frighten +&#8230; …

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  • 4terrific — adjective a) Frighteningly good. I say! Shes a terrific tennis player. b) Astounding or awesome. The car came round the bend at a terrific speed. Syn: brilliant, horrific …

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  • 5terrific — ter•rif•ic [[t]təˈrɪf ɪk[/t]] adj. 1) extraordinarily great or intense: terrific speed[/ex] 2) extremely good; wonderful: a terrific vacation[/ex] 3) causing terror; terrifying • Etymology: 1660–70; &LT; L terrificus frightening =terr(ēre) to&#8230; …

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  • 6speed — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ amazing, astonishing, breakneck, fast, good, great, high, incredible, lightning, phenomenal …

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  • 7terrific — adj. Terrific is used with these nouns: ↑book, ↑fun, ↑job, ↑movie, ↑news, ↑performance, ↑read, ↑show, ↑speed, ↑style …

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  • 8Tomlinson, LaDainian — ▪ 2007       On Dec. 10, 2006, San Diego Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson romped into the National Football League (NFL) record books with his 29th touchdown of the season. The touchdown one of three he scored during the Chargers 48–20&#8230; …

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  • 9Centrifugal railway — Original design drawings of the Centrifugal Railway Location various locations in the United Kingdom and France Type looping Ope …

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  • 10S7 Airlines Flight 778 — Accident summary Date 9 July 2006&#160;(2006 07 09) Type Landing accident, pilot error …

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