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Godzilla

//ɡɑdˈzɪlə// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A fictional Japanese monster (kaiju) from a series of science-fiction films.

    "What other television show would feature a gorgeously designed sequence where a horrifically mutated Pierre and Marie Curie, their bodies swollen to Godzilla-like proportions from prolonged exposure to the radiation that would eventually kill them, destroy an Asian city with their bare hands like vengeance-crazed monster-Gods?"

Noun
  1. 1
    Anything that is an extremely large or dramatic example of its type. figuratively

    "a Godzilla of a tower building"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Japanese ゴジラ (Gojira), blend created for the movie from the words ゴリラ (gorira, “gorilla”) and 鯨 (kujira, “whale”).

Etymology 2

From Japanese ゴジラ (Gojira), blend created for the movie from the words ゴリラ (gorira, “gorilla”) and 鯨 (kujira, “whale”).

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