Juggernaut (noun)
jug-er-nawt
Any large, overpowering force or object, such as war, a giant battleship, or a powerful football team.
First recorded in 1630–40, but in the highlighted sense, around 1840–45 and comes from the Hindi word Jagannāth, from Sanskrit Jagannātha-, meaning “lord of the world.”
Example sentences
“The whole project was a juggernaut and it seemed to swallow up everyone who worked on it.”
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