sheer cliff

collocation in English

meaningsofsheerandcliff

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sheer
adjective
uk
/ʃɪər/us
/ʃɪr/
used to emphasize how very great, important, or powerful a quality or feeling is; ...
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cliff
noun[C]
uk
/klɪf/us
/klɪf/
a high area of rock with a very steep side, often on ...
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(Definition ofsheerandclifffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Our ascent to heaven is more like scaling asheercliffthan hiking a smooth mountain path.
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Then they are lifted up thesheercliffby a rope pulled by a horse.
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This rock is over 1,100 feet tall and boasts a 600-footsheercliff.
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This section of the hike involves a scramble along asheercliff, with the assistance of a steel cable.
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The base jumpers, however, continue to defy death on thesheercliffsides in this glacier sculpted valley.
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The eastern side of the hill is almost asheercliff, giving it a commanding view over the city's harbour immediately below.
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His final act was shaping a niche in asheercliffwall, to crawl in and die.
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Located atop asheercliff, it was found to be mostly empty.
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Exceptional crowned eagle nests have been observed onsheerclifffaces.
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The water cascades down in two steps (15 m and 12 m) through 1.5 m cave in asheercliff.
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The upper tier is a horsetail that falls in several strands down a nearlysheercliff, into a canyon that is perpendicular to it.
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A small battery was built at the sea end of the headland above asheercliff.
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It is built on a 130 ftsheerclifferoded by wave action from a diabase sill containing inclusions of anorthosite.
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In the anime, he fell off thesheercliffand ultimately met his end.
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It is so named because it has asheercliffface and vertical markings, reminiscent of palisade walls used as a protective enclosure around forts.
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In the movie, he directly pushes it off asheercliffdrop.
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After he freed himself, he had to rappel down a 65feet msheercliffface to reach safety.
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It is landlocked on three sides, and sits atop ofsheercliffof about 60mft 0.
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Accessing the cave is considered dangerous, as it means traversing an area alongside asheercliffface with a drop of some 600 ft.
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The bottom of this chasm lies more than 1,000 feet below the plains, surrounded bysheercliffwalls on every side.
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