adjective / adverb
sheer
SHEER/ʃɪr/
Complete or absolute in degree.
The pumpkin's sheer size dwarfs the ordinary one beside it.
Etymology
Old English scir meant “pure, unmixed,” with possible input from a Norse word of similar meaning. The sense “absolute, utter” probably arose from the idea of something unmixed with anything else, as in “sheer nonsense.”
In context
Fury to Sunder their line forcing cavora to prematurely stagger and close their encircling maneuver to compensate the scorned ferocity of the true Messengers served them well as did the sheer power of their engines