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- 1. a huge, powerful, and overwhelming force or institution: "a juggernaut of secular and commercial culture"
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The meaning of JUGGERNAUT is a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path. How to use juggernaut in a sentence. The History of Juggernaut.
Juggernaut definition: any large, overpowering force or object, such as war, a giant battleship, or a powerful football team.. See examples of JUGGERNAUT used in a sentence.
A juggernaut ( / ˈdʒʌɡərnɔːt / ⓘ ), [1] in current English usage, is a literal or metaphorical force regarded as merciless, destructive, and unstoppable. This English usage originated in the mid-nineteenth century and was the early rendering in English of Jagannath, an important deity in the Hinduism of north-east India.
JUGGERNAUT definition: 1. a very large, heavy truck: 2. a large powerful force or organization that cannot be stopped 3…. Learn more.
Juggernaut means a massive force. If the army marching into your country is a juggernaut, you're doomed. If you're trying to market a new Cola product, you're up against corporate giant Coca-Cola, a beverage juggernaut if ever there was one.
1. ( often l.c.) any large, overpowering, destructive force or object. 2. ( often l.c.) anything requiring blind devotion or cruel sacrifice. 3. an idol of Krishna, at Puri in Orissa, India, annually drawn on a huge cart under whose wheels devotees are said to have thrown themselves to be crushed.
Definition of juggernaut noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
