Перевод фразы "sheer scale"

[Арфист]

Подскажите, пожалуйста, как перевести словосочетание "sheer scale".
Контекст: Everybody has been overwhelmed by the sheer scale of the crisis
вариант2:
But the sheer scale of the profits does require us to pause and ask whether either of these knee-jerk responses is really an adequate one.

Заранее спасибо!

[Karabas]

Напрашивается "истинный уровень". Хотя порядок слов вроде как и не тот.

[Francis Fanon]

The word "sheer" just adds emphasis - here it means the crisis is a very significant one, or that the profits are very high. Probably, it is not necessary to translate this word.

[Арфист]

Karabas, Francis Fanon, спасибо!