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1. Made of or resembling [[adamant]].
 
1. Made of or resembling [[adamant]].
2. Having the hardness or luster of a [[diamond]].
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2. Having the {{Wiki|hardness}} or luster of a [[diamond]].
  
 
1. very hard; [[unbreakable]] or unyielding
 
1. very hard; [[unbreakable]] or unyielding
2. having the lustre of a diamond
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2. having the lustre of a [[diamond]]
  
[[adamantine]] - having the hardness of a diamond     
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[[adamantine]] - having the {{Wiki|hardness}} of a [[diamond]]    
hard - resisting weight or pressure
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hard - resisting {{Wiki|weight}} or pressure
  
[[adamantine]] - impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; "he is [[adamant]] in his refusal to change his [[mind]]"; "Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill; "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency"
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[[adamantine]] - impervious to pleas, {{Wiki|persuasion}}, requests, [[reason]]; "he is [[adamant]] in his refusal to change his [[mind]]"; "Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill; "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency"
 
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Latest revision as of 09:52, 17 January 2016

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1. Made of or resembling adamant.
2. Having the hardness or luster of a diamond.

1. very hard; unbreakable or unyielding
2. having the lustre of a diamond

adamantine - having the hardness of a diamond
hard - resisting weight or pressure

adamantine - impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill; "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency"

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