juggernaut

jug·ger·naut  (jgr-nôt)

n.

1. Something, such as a belief or institution, that elicits blind and destructive devotion or to which people are ruthlessly sacrificed.

2. An overwhelming, advancing force that crushes or seems to crush everything in its path: "It doesn't assume that people need necessarily remain passive when confronted by what appears to be the juggernaut of history" (Christopher Lehmann-Haupt).

3. Juggernaut Used as a title for the Hindu deity Krishna.

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[Hindi jagannth, title of Krishna, from Sanskrit jaganntha, lord of the world : jagat, moving, the world (from earlier present participle of jigti, he goes; see g^w- in Indo-European roots) + ntha, lord (from nthate, he helps, protects). Senses 1 and 2, from the fact that worshipers have thrown themselves under the wheels of a huge car or wagon on which the idol of Krishna was drawn in an annual procession at Puri in east-central India.]

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juggernaut

Noun

1. Brit a very large heavy lorry

2. any terrible force that demands complete self-sacrifice [Hindi Jagannath lord of the world]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	juggernaut - a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way steamroller power, force - one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority; "the mysterious presence of an evil power"; "may the force be with you"; "the forces of evil"
	2.	Juggernaut - an avatar of Vishnu                   Jagannath, Jagannatha, Jagganath
	3.	Juggernaut - a crude idol of Krishna graven image, idol, god - a material effigy that is worshipped; "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image"; "money was his god"

Translations

juggernaut [ˈdʒʌgənɔːt] n (BRIT) (= huge truck); camión m de carga pesada

juggernaut [ˈdʒʌgənɔːt] n (Brit) (= huge truck); mastodonte m

juggernaut [ˈdʒʌgənɔːt] (Brit) n → Fernlastwagen m

juggernaut [ˈdʒʌgənɔːt] n (BRIT) (= huge truck); bestione m