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Godzilla

[ god-zil-uh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

Trademark.

a science-fiction monster that resembles an enormous bipedal lizard, featured in Japanese and American films, television, and comic books.

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1950–55; an Anglicized version of the Japanese name Gojira < Japanese gorira gorilla + kujira whale

Even Godzilla, the ugliest star attraction of them all, is bigger than ever, both at the box office and in sheer monstrous height.

Godzilla and X-Men: Days of Future Past both did well at the box office, but neither were runaway success stories.

Why are melodramas like The Notebook derided for being unrealistic, while Godzilla gets lauded as the best of the year?

Much of the praise Edwards earned for his Godzilla adaptation stemmed from his frugal use of the monster.

Most recently, Charles Barkley appeared in a cartoon brawl with Godzilla.

Sand-fleas and blowflies become nightriders marauding a new turf of godzilla cars.

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