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behemoth

 
 
/bɪˈhiːmɒθ/ US   /-mɑːθ/ noun [C] formal

Definition

an extremely large and powerful company or organization: The motivation was to create a $70 billion behemoth out of two embattled phone-equipment companies, so together they could survive . a corporate/financial/industrial behemoth
(Definition of behemoth noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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