juggernaut

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noun jug·ger·naut \ˈjə-gər-ˌnȯt, -ˌnät\

Definition of juggernaut

1 : a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path an advertising juggernaut a political juggernaut
2 chiefly British : a large heavy truck

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Examples of juggernaut in a Sentence

there was no escaping the juggernaut of hype for the studio's biggest summer blockbuster

Recent Examples of juggernaut from the Web

In the intervening years, the ethanol industry has ballooned into an economic juggernaut.

— david gelles, New York Times, "The Standoff Between Big Oil and Big Corn", 17 Sep. 2016
The juggernaut nature of the convention movement has almost overshadowed the longstanding debate about its motivation: to imbue the Constitution with a binding limit on federal spending.

— michael wines, New York Times, "Inside the Conservative Push for States to Amend the Constitution", 22 Aug. 2016
America’s safety net is ill-prepared for such a job-destroying juggernaut.

— kevin allison, New York Times, "Uber Speeds Toward a Driverless Future, Putting Jobs in Danger", 18 Aug. 2016
Mr. Trump’s aides, scrambling to raise money to compete against Mrs. Clinton’s cash juggernaut and extensive donor network, have scheduled fund-raisers in places like Georgia, North Carolina and Texas this week.

— maggie haberman, New York Times, "A Who’s Who of Financiers Is Expected at Trump’s New York Fund-Raiser JUNE 16, 2016", 16 June 2016
Gretzky said that Glen Sather, who coached the Oilers to four of their five Stanley Cups, was the true architect of this offensive juggernaut.

— lucas aykroyd, New York Times, "Hockey’s Offensive Heyday: A Long-Gone Era", 6 Apr. 2016
Now there’s more good news for fans of Danny Meyer’s juggernaut burger joint.

— syd kearney, Houston Chronicle, "Shake Shack to shake up Rice Village", 17 Mar. 2016
More offensive than the midi’s appearance was the marketing juggernaut behind it, which seemed oblivious to public opinion.

— kimberly chrisman-campbell, The Atlantic, "The Midi Skirt, Divider of Nations", 9 Sep. 2014
What could derail the juggernaut that is Jersey Shore?

— sean cunningham, Esquire, "Smut Snooki: 'No Limit' to War Over Jersey Shore Porno", 25 Feb. 2010

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Did You Know?

In the early 14th century, Franciscan missionary Friar Odoric brought to Europe the story of an enormous carriage that carried an image of the Hindu god Vishnu (whose title was Jagannath, literally, "lord of the world") through the streets of India in religious processions. Odoric reported that some worshippers deliberately allowed themselves to be crushed beneath the vehicle's wheels as a sacrifice to Vishnu. That story was probably an exaggeration or misinterpretation of actual events, but it spread throughout Europe anyway. The tale caught the imagination of English listeners, and by the 19th century, they were using juggernaut to refer to any massive vehicle (such as a steam locomotive) or to any other enormous entity with powerful crushing capabilities.