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someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful

The behemoth referenced in the Bible is thought to be a hippopotamus.

professional behemoth linesmen
Look at the behemoth, which I made along with you and which feeds on grass like an ox.
Job 40:15 (B-NIV)
It was hard to mistake a blond behemoth built like an armor-piercing robot.
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Played with Fire
40:15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
The Bible -- Job
SS-100-X is a behemoth of a vehicle, specially modified for use by the president.
Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard -- Killing Kennedy
Or was that back when a size fourteen was really an eight—which meant that comparatively, I was a behemoth compared to your average 1940s starlet?
Jodi Picoult -- Change of Heart
Clary backed away as the Behemoth demon thrashed, spraying stinging ichor, a loud, ululating wail coming from its open throat.
Cassandra Clare -- City of Heavenly Fire
These gentle behemoths always lifted my spirits.
Yann Martel -- Life of Pi
Imagine living with those behemoths looming over you!
Christopher Paolini -- Eragon
These two behemoths are walled in by several other major vessels, an assortment of container ships and other freight carriers.
Neal Stephenson -- Snow Crash
The machine would turn into an unwieldy behemoth.
Joshua Davis -- Spare Parts
She took a few steps back to stand behind him, her eyes on the Behemoth.
Cassandra Clare -- City of Glass
"He's a perfect behemoth!" said Marie.
Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Uncle Tom's Cabin
At that time the drowsing black behemoth, although beginning to stir, was still not regarded as much of a Northern problem.
William Styron -- Sophie's Choice
The car is a very expensive one, a Whirlwind; better than the Chariot, much better than the chunky, practical Behemoth.
Margaret Atwood -- The Handmaid's Tale
Next she doused the smouldering troll with the contents of the restaurant's fire extinguisher, hoping the icy powder wouldn't revive the sleeping behemoth.
Eoin Colfer -- Artemis Fowl
People talked of it as of that monstrous bed of Thebes in which swarmed centipedes fifteen long feet in length, and which might have served Behemoth for a bathtub.
Victor Hugo -- Les Miserables
The flight engineer latched the door and handed out wads of cotton to stuff in our ears, and the behemoth chopper lumbered into the air with a head-splitting roar.
Jon Krakauer -- Into Thin Air
The others climbed into the sedan, and as a fire engine careened up the street, the sedan curved out of its parking place and sped past the red behemoth racing in the opposite direction.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Identity

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