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das Ausmaß (-e) extent, degree, scale; size, dimension(s), proportion(s)
biblische Ausmaße (-e) biblical proportions
Sintfluten biblischen Ausmaßes haben in den vergangenen tausend Jahren immer wieder Land und Leute an den deutschen Urströmen heimgesucht.
Over and over during the past thousand years floods of biblical proportions have afflicted the land and people along Germany's primeval rivers.
Die Ausmaße des Kraters waren...
The dimensions of the crater were...
Related: erschreckende Ausmaße annehmen to assume alarming/horrifying proportions
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