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of Koranic proportions

of Koranic proportions adjective: of biblical proportions: immense.

Adjective

of Koranic proportions (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Of biblical proportions: immense.
    • We hear of pestilence of Biblical or Koranic proportions: plagues, locusts, famine, wars, wholesale displacement of peoples, diseases, some of which are incurable.1989, Nigeria Since Independence: The First Twenty-Five Years, Heinemann Educational, →ISBN, page 265
    • I have even heard the term of epic Koranic proportions, in reference to this slaughter of soldiers and officers and men who were mere business partners in this venture.2001, Don Pendleton, Deep Treachery, Harlequin Books, page 242

Examples of of Koranic proportions in a sentence

  • He had come so far, endured so much, a stunning victory of Koranic proportions merely days away but now snatched from his grasp, the crudest of fates.2003, Don Pendleton, Axis Of Conflict, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 158:
  • […] going all the way while racking up a body count of Koranic proportions.2005, Don Pendleton, Devil's Bargain, Harlequin Books, →ISBN, page 262:
  • So good that the sex I will reward you with will be of Koranic proportions.”2009, Leonard Borman, Our Jewish Robot Future: A Novel about the Garden of Eden and the Cyborgian Transformation of the Human Race...
  • (There are now two rival versions of the Master Musicians, who display a mutual enmity of Koranic proportions.)2016 October 2, David Honigmann, “Transcender 2016, Milton Court, London — review”, in Financial Times:

Origin of of Koranic proportions

A play on of biblical proportions.

Questions about of Koranic proportions

What does of Koranic proportions mean?
Of Koranic proportions means of biblical proportions: immense.
How do you use of Koranic proportions in a sentence?
He had come so far, endured so much, a stunning victory of Koranic proportions merely days away but now snatched from his grasp, the crudest of fates.
What part of speech is of Koranic proportions?
Of Koranic proportions is an adjective.

Words near of Koranic proportions in the dictionary

  1. of its own head
  2. of its own study
  3. of its part
  4. of its proper movement
  5. of itself
  6. of Koranic proportions
  7. of late
  8. of means
  9. of mine
  10. of modest means
  11. of new

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