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Behemoth

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monsternounA terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind.
goliathnoun(figuratively) Any large person or thing; someone or something that is abnormally large or powerful.
colossusnoun(by extension) Any creature or thing of gigantic size.
heavyweightnoun(uncountable, boxing) The professional boxing weight class for boxers weighing more than 190 pounds; a boxer in that division.
giantnounVery large.
titannounSomething or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.

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titannounSomething or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.
giantnounA very tall and large person.
heavyweightnoun(uncountable, boxing) The professional boxing weight class for boxers weighing more than 190 pounds; a boxer in that division.
monsternounA terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind.
colossusnoun(by extension) Any creature or thing of gigantic size.
goliathnoun(figuratively) Any large person or thing; someone or something that is abnormally large or powerful.
asleepIn a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.
beastnounAn animal, especially a large or dangerous land vertebrate.
leviathannoun(figurative) A thing which is monstrously great in size, strength, etc. (especially a ship); also, a person with great power or wealth.
obeastnoun(slang, derogatory) A very obese or overweight person.
minotaurnounAnything resembling the Greek monster, whether by appearance or by strength.
omennounSomething which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.
grendelnoun(mythology) A monster or giant slain by Beowulf in the Anglo-Saxon epic poem.
gigantomachynoun(Greek mythology) The battle of the Giants (offspring of Gaia, according to Hesiod conceived from the spilt blood of Uranus) against the Olympian gods.
wonderbeastnoun(fantasy) A magical, mystical, or mythological creature
ogrenoun(mythology) A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh.
whore of babylonnounA Christian allegorical figure of evil mentioned in the Book of Revelation in the Bible, whose apocalyptic downfall is prophesied to take place at the hands of a beast with seven heads and ten horns.
makernounSomeone who makes; a person or thing that makes or produces something.
nephilimnoun(nonstandard) Synonym of Naphil (“a member of the race of Nephilim”).
hecatombnoun(figuratively, literary and poetic) A great number of animals, people, or things that are sacrificed or destroyed; any great sacrifice; also (generally), a large amount.

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