juggernauts

Noun

juggernaut (plural juggernauts)

1. A literal or metaphorical force or object regarded as unstoppable, that will crush all in its path.
   • […] poor Johnny Tetterby staggering under his Moloch of an infant, the Juggernaut that crushes all his enjoyments.1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC
2. (Ireland, UK, derogatory, sometimes) A large, cumbersome truck or lorry, especially an articulated lorry.
   • Silently and gracefully I free-wheeled across the path of three juggernauts, [...] glided across the hard shoulder and came to rest halfway up a grass bank.1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 78
3. An institution that incites destructive devotion or to which people are carelessly sacrificed.

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