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US
/ˈbihəməθ, bəˈhiməθ/
]
[ UK /bɪhˈiːmɒθ/ ]
[ UK /bɪhˈiːmɒθ/ ]
NOUN
- someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
- a person of exceptional importance and reputation
How To Use behemoth In A Sentence
- a good deal of comfort in the fact as she sold 7-Cs at $22.50 a pair to behemothian damsels who possessed money in proportion to Myra's beauty. Gigolo
- Given that the DA will see his chances for re-election dwindle if he/she is perceived to be soft on a multiple felony slam-dunk conviction case against a spoiled, arrogant, crime-committing, room-temperature-IQ behemoth, I suspect the moron in question (e.g., the football player), after considerable wheeling and dealing by his zealous defense attorney -- who is just doing his job, will likely receive felony deferred adjudication from the appropriate court. No Prison for Plaxico?
- The recent diminution on the international scene of these three nations means less illustrious sides are no longer gripped with a fear factor when facing what have tended to be considered behemoths of the game.
- Wilbur, a behemoth boar who can't stand fences - and hasn't met one that could stop him - is spared from the breakfast plate for sentimental reasons.
- Jim Koch loves to talk about little companies that take on the Big Guys: artisanal-cheese makers who battle importers, the microdistillers who taunt liquor giants — and, most of all, the tiny microbrewer who elbows aside industry behemoths with a full-flavored beer and a well-crafted marketing pitch. Beer Baron
- One of the ancillary reasons, Hall decided to visit Assam was because he wanted to see if he could find the fabled graveyard of elephants - the final resting place these behemoths head towards when they sense the end was near.
- The company's advisers, BNP Paribas and Rothschild, will earn every centime of their fees if they can deliver a successful stock market launch for this lumbering behemoth.
- When every other industry is seeing a slowdown, cost-cutting and retrenchment, the gaming "behemoths" - Sony Ericsson, Zapak. com and Microsoft Xbox 360 have joined hands. Www.indiantelevision.com
- Why would a union launch such a propaganda campaign against a behemoth like Bell, based on some bare-faced lie?? Bell Canada spy cams in tech trucks
- The behemoth of Lothian Road is visibly swinging around to meet the strictures of the stock market.