colossal failure

collocation in English

meaningsofcolossalandfailure

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colossal
adjective
uk
/kəˈlɒs.əl/us
/kəˈlɑː.səl/
extremely ...
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failure
noun
uk
/ˈfeɪ.ljər/us
/ˈfeɪ.ljɚ/
the fact of someone or something ...
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(Definition ofcolossalandfailurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That has been thecolossalfailure.
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Each one has been acolossalfailure.
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This was acolossalfailure, where cynical manipulation, massive corruption, and state terror derailed an expensive attempt to impose ' democracy ' from above.
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Must we add one morecolossalfailureto the mounting list?
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I propose to show that whatever policy they have pursued has been acolossalfailure.
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That was the approach to the problem 33 years ago and it proved acolossalfailure.
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It is quite wrong that people write off the experience of other countries as acolossalfailure.
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I do not believe it can be accounted for otherwise than by there having been acolossalfailureof leadership.
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In my judgment, this new housing administration, which is costing the country £122,000 per year, is acolossalfailure.
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That was acolossalfailure; it was a failure that would justify a very big programme of change.
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Why thecolossalfailure; why the disaster after the last war, and what assurance can it give that the disaster after this war will not be far greater?
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Merely to leave private traders, monopolies or profit seekers in charge of the destinies of this or any other nation has proved a hopeless andcolossalfailure.
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