All 5 Uses of
massive
in
Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen
- He was sitting in a bushplane roaring seven thousand feet above the northern wilderness with a pilot who had suffered a massive heart attack and who was either dead or in something close to a coma. He was alone.
p. 12.4 *massive = very large in effect
- His forehead felt massively swollen to the touch, almost like a mound out over his eyes, and it was so tender that when his fingers grazed it he nearly cried.
p. 33.1massively = with a very large effect
- Then it backed out, seemed to hesitate momentarily, and returned with a massive roar; a roar that took his ears and mind and body.
p. 145.8massive = very large in effect
- He thought of the pilot, still in the plane, and that brought a shiver and massive sadness that seemed to settle on him like a weight and he thought that he should say or do something for the pilot; some words but he didn't know any of the right words, the religious words.
p. 149.7
- The storm had torn the forest to pieces, up in back of the ridge it looked like a giant had become angry and used some kind of a massive meat grinder on the trees.
p. 151.8massive = very large
Definition:
very large in size, number, or effect