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juggernaut

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Juggernaut, India: see Puri Puri (p`rē), town (1991 pop.
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juggernaut
Brit a very large lorry for transporting goods by road, esp one that travels throughout Europe
Juggernaut
(Jagannath) huge idol of Krishna drawn through streets annually, occasionally rolling over devotees. [Hindu Rel.: EB, V: 499]
See : Destruction


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A group of old fakirs were capering and making a wild ado round the statue; these were striped with ochre, and covered with cuts whence their blood issued drop by drop--stupid fanatics, who, in the great Indian ceremonies, still throw themselves under the wheels of Juggernaut.
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They belong to the Juggernaut here which is called society.
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It wasn't like a man; it was like some damned Juggernaut.
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