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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Towering

/tou'-ẽr-ĭng/ · Tow·er·ing · IPA /ˈtaʊəɹɪŋ/
01 a. Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height.
  1. 1.
    Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height.
  2. 2.
    Hence, extreme; violent; surpassing.
    “A man agitated by a towering passion.” Sir W. Scott.