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- adjective
superlative form ofheavy : mostheavy .
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Examples
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I hunt deer with my .308, 300 WSM and the heaviest is my new .338 Federal.
what is the biggest rifle load you would use on whitetails? 2009
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I hunt deer with my .308, 300 WSM and the heaviest is my new .338 Federal.
what is the biggest rifle load you would use on whitetails? 2009
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We may observe here the singular paradox, which we believe that the philosophy of the mind and the experience of the scholar equally establish, that what are usually called the heaviest or severest subjects of thought are the least exhausting to the thinker.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 Various
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Syrian government forces renewed their assault on the rebellious city of Homs in what activists described as the heaviest shelling in days.
What's News— 2012
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The heaviest were the artillery, including four 12-pounder naval guns mounted on wheeled carriages, six 6-pounder field guns, four 8-inch howitzers, and fifteen Coehorn mortars; each 12-pounder weighed over a ton.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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The heaviest were the artillery, including four 12-pounder naval guns mounted on wheeled carriages, six 6-pounder field guns, four 8-inch howitzers, and fifteen Coehorn mortars; each 12-pounder weighed over a ton.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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The heaviest were the artillery, including four 12-pounder naval guns mounted on wheeled carriages, six 6-pounder field guns, four 8-inch howitzers, and fifteen Coehorn mortars; each 12-pounder weighed over a ton.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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The heaviest were the artillery, including four 12-pounder naval guns mounted on wheeled carriages, six 6-pounder field guns, four 8-inch howitzers, and fifteen Coehorn mortars; each 12-pounder weighed over a ton.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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Churchill said: “Of all the crosses I have to bear, the heaviest is the Cross of Lorraine.”
Pardon my French Rene Meertens 2010
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Churchill: "Of all the crosses I have to bear, the heaviest is the Cross of Lorraine."
From Churchill’s defeat of France to Churchill’s alliance with France Rene Meertens 2010
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