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Juggernautish

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English

Etymology

From Juggernaut + -ish: worshippers of the religious idol of Juggernaut were said to throw themselves under the wheels of its chariot as sacrifices.

Adjective

Juggernautish (comparative more Juggernautish, superlative most Juggernautish)

  1. Involving unstoppable progress, regardless of the damage it may cause.
    • 1973, Harold Melvin Hyman, A More Perfect Union, page 39:
      Decency required that secession and the Juggernautish western advance of slavery stop.
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