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How to pronounce herculean in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms powerful
Derivation hercules


herculean exertions.
Type Words
Derivation hercules


a herculean task.

Examples of herculean

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Tackling big subjects now requires herculean levels of theorizing and research.
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It once was considered herculean to hold a team to less than 40 percent shooting.
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If the ruling is upheld on appeal, the paperwork ahead presents a herculean task.
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Clearing the way, he made a herculean effort normally reserved for the Sherpa.
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Donald E. Pullman, a home-improvement contractor, is facing a herculean labor.
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On a numerical scale, archiving all those tweets seems like a herculean feat.
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I asked her how she planned to tackle this herculean feat with no experience.
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In the last three months of 1972 they raised their productivity by a herculean 32%.
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Taking care of children and running a household seemed like a herculean task.
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More examples
  • Displaying superhuman strength or power; "herculean exertions"
  • Extremely difficult; requiring the strength of a Hercules; "a herculean task"
  • Hercules is the Roman name for the Greek divine hero Heracles, who was the son of Zeus (Roman equivalent Jupiter) and the mortal Alcmene. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures.
  • Hercules is the Roman name for the Greek demigod Heracles, son of Jupiter (the Roman equivalent of Zeus), and the mortal Alcmena. ...
  • "Herculean" is the first single (and first-ever release) by The Good, the Bad and the Queen, an alternative rock band fronted by Damon Albarn. ...
  • A type of Subject whose abilities include super strength and invulnerability to physical trauma. The rarest type, 9-01 is the only living Herculean.
  • Requiring unusual strength