juggernaut
or Jug·ger·naut
any large, overpowering force or object, such as war, a giant battleship, or a powerful football team.
anything requiring blind devotion or cruel sacrifice.
Chiefly British. A large, heavy vehicle, especially a truck.
Origin of juggernaut
1Other words from juggernaut
- Jug·ger·naut·ish, adjective
Words Nearby juggernaut
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How to use juggernaut in a sentence
Launched just 13 years ago, it quickly became a serious rival to MAS and a rising juggernaut in Asia.
The Presumed Crash of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Is Nothing Like MH370 | Lennox Samuels | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe whole purpose was to create this idea that there was this Prussian juggernaut.
How The Cold War Endgame Played Out In The Rubble Of The Berlin Wall | William O’Connor | November 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt did little to stop this juggernaut, as the Chiefs racked up another 47 points in the second half, despite emptying their bench.
Native American Basketball Team in Wyoming Have Hoop Dreams Of Their Own | Robert Silverman | August 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTake, for example, another YA juggernaut: The Hunger Games trilogy.
Young Adult Novel Adaptations Put Mainstream Blockbusters to Shame | Amy Zimmerman | June 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat is what my book is about: How do you get the strength to jump off the juggernaut of a relationship?
Novelist Holly Peterson Talks About New York, Power Trippers, and Love | Hannah Seligson | April 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Then something screamed at them out there in the night and came at them like a juggernaut.
Hunters Out of Space | Joseph Everidge KelleamHis juggernaut's car must roll on its course over her body or Mary Lawrie's.
An Old Man's Love | Anthony TrollopeThe school of hardship is not for those who love luxury, and to the poverty stricken it is not a school--it is a juggernaut.
Bill's School and Mine | William Suddards FranklinAnd there are hints of humaner opinions; it's not all a huge rolling block of a juggernaut.
Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete | George MeredithLike a juggernaut, it continued to advance, crushing all who got in its way, the innocent and the evil alike.
Court Beauties of Old Whitehall | W. R. H. Trowbridge
British Dictionary definitions for juggernaut (1 of 2)
/ (ˈdʒʌɡəˌnɔːt) /
any terrible force, esp one that destroys or that demands complete self-sacrifice
British a very large lorry for transporting goods by road, esp one that travels throughout Europe
British Dictionary definitions for Juggernaut (2 of 2)
/ (ˈdʒʌɡəˌnɔːt) /
a crude idol of Krishna worshipped at Puri and throughout Odisha (formerly Orissa) and Bengal. At an annual festival the idol is wheeled through the town on a gigantic chariot and devotees are supposed to have formerly thrown themselves under the wheels
a form of Krishna miraculously raised by Brahma from the state of a crude idol to that of a living god
Origin of Juggernaut
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for Juggernaut
[ (jug-uhr-nawt) ]
Notes for Juggernaut
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