on a gigantic scale
collocation in Englishmeaningsofon,giganticandscale
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on
preposition
uk/ɒn/us/ɑːn/
used to show that something is in a position above something else and touching it, or that something is moving into such ...
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gigantic
adjective
uk/ˌdʒaɪˈɡæn.tɪk/us/ˌdʒaɪˈɡæn.t̬ɪk/
extremely ...
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scale
noun
uk/skeɪl/us/skeɪl/
a set of numbers, amounts, etc., used to measure or compare the level ...
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There had been mob violence on agiganticscalein which one community wreaked its vengeance on another.
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At the best, this has been a story of unexampled negligence and incompetence; at worst, a tale of fraud and corruption on agiganticscale.
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This work is still going forward on agiganticscale.
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There will be a repetition of what has happened in the past, except that it will be on agiganticscale.
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I cannot see why you should start on such agiganticscaleas is indicated by these figures.
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These are results which, it may be said, are not spectacular, and will not give you money on agiganticscale.
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But whenever we come across logistical and structural problems it seems we try to solve them by interfering with nature on agiganticscale.
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The problem indeed calls for an effort on agiganticscale.
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They are some of the more highly-respectable men in our community—or they appear to be so—and they operate on agiganticscale.
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The exercise, which was on agiganticscale, was a tremendous success.
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But it is prudent to consider thegiganticscaleand sweep of the committee's subject.
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That was to be done on agiganticscale.
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To carry it out would require international collaboration on agiganticscaleto overcome the physical, financial and political problems.
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Those commercial whist drives are not organised on agiganticscale.
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This has become big business on agiganticscaleand it is taking place throughout every industry.
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We have to make provision on agiganticscaleto safeguard the security of our people.
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We could have disaster, on agiganticscale, on our hands.
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I am not advocating anything reckless or on agiganticscale.
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It is a success story on agiganticscale.
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That would mean seven or 11 new nuclear countries which would be proliferation on agiganticscale.
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