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Definition
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