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leviathan
(biblical, mythology) A vast sea monster of tremendous strength, described as the most powerful and dangerous creature in the ocean.
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The fog seemed to break away as though split by a wedge, and the bow of a steamboat emerged, trailing fog-wreaths on either side like seaweed on the snout of Leviathan.
(figuratively) Something monstrously large or mighty in size, strength, wealth, etc.
(political science) The political state, especially a domineering and totalitarian one as theorized by Thomas Hobbes.