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Adjective: breathtaking  'breth,tey-king
  1. Inspiring awe, admiration or wonder
    "New York is a breathtaking city";
    - amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful [archaic], awing
     
  2. Very surprising or shocking
    - heart-stopping

See also: amazing, astonishing, impressive, incredible, jaw-dropping [informal]

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