juggernaut
11Juggernaut — A juggernaut (audio|En us juggernaut.ogg|American pronunciation) is a term used to describe a force regarded as unstoppable, that will crush all in its path.The word is derived from the Sanskrit Jagannātha [… …
12Juggernaut — Para otros usos de este término, véase Juggernaut (desambiguación). Juggernaut (pronunciado /iáguernot/) es una palabra que procede de la anglificación del sánscrito Yaganatha que es uno de los nombres por los que se conoce al dios Krisná (avatar …
13juggernaut — [[t]ʤʌ̱gə(r)nɔːt[/t]] juggernauts 1) N COUNT A juggernaut is a very large truck. [mainly BRIT] 2) N COUNT (disapproval) If you describe an organization or group as a juggernaut, you are critical of them because they are large and extremely… …
14juggernaut — UK [ˈdʒʌɡə(r)ˌnɔːt] / US [ˈdʒʌɡərˌnɔt] noun [countable] Word forms juggernaut : singular juggernaut plural juggernauts 1) British a very large truck 2) something that is very powerful, especially something that has a bad effect the juggernaut of… …
15juggernaut — noun Etymology: Hindi Jagannāth, literally, lord of the world, title of Vishnu Date: 1841 1. chiefly British a large heavy truck 2. a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path < an advertising… …
16juggernaut — [17] Hindi Jagganath is a title of Krishna, one of the avatars, or incarnations, of the god Vishnu, the Preserver. It comes from Sanskrit Jagganātha, a compound of jagat ‘world’ and nāthás ‘lord’. It is applied also to a large wagon on which an… …
17juggernaut — jug·ger·naut (jŭg’ər nôt′) n. ▸ An overwhelming or unstoppable force: » It doesn t assume that people need necessarily remain passive when confronted by what appears to be the juggernaut of history (Christopher Lehmann Haupt). ╂ [Hindi jagannāth …
18juggernaut — [17] Hindi Jagganath is a title of Krishna, one of the avatars, or incarnations, of the god Vishnu, the Preserver. It comes from Sanskrit Jagganātha, a compound of jagat ‘world’ and nāthás ‘lord’. It is applied also to a large wagon on which an… …
19Juggernaut — Jagannath Jag an*nath, Jagannatha Jag an*na tha, Jaganatha Jag a*nat ha,, prop. n. Also Juggernaut Jug ger*naut [Hind. Jagan n[=a]th lord of the world, Skr. jagann[=a]tha.] (Hinduism) A particular form of Vishnu, or of Krishna, whose chief idol… …
20juggernaut — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [JUG ur not] any large, powerful force or institution, sometimes followed with blind devotion. The cult had become a religious juggernaut, sometimes pressuring its followers into selling all they… …
