Juggernaut

\JUHG-er-nawt\ is frequently used today to describe
..........something usually large or massive.
................an irresistible, ruthless force or machine that destroys everything that gets in its way.
.......................in Britain, juggernaut is a very large lorry for transporting goods by road, esp. one that travels throughout Europe.

Juggernaut is also called Jagannath, a crude idol of Krishna worshiped throughout Orissa and Bengal, wheeled through the town on a gigantic chariot and devotees were supposed to have thrown themselves under the wheels as sort of sacrifice.

Example1:
The terrifying juggernaut we have to face at the end of life is not the inevitability of Death but the realization that all our existence has been a mere act of artful trickery by that great juggler called Nature.
Example2:
So was set in sudden, ugly motion a juggernaut that, before it was finally put to a halt, cost more than a thousand lives.
Example3:
Juggernaut and lorry are never found in my vocabulary until I came to India. Somehow, in Philippines, though we are used to find big trucks traveling around, mostly at night, and carrying heavy loads, I could not just recall any word that names these trucks...we generally call them "dakong/malaking trak".

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