Ironclad
adjective
Something that is impossible to doubt or dispute.
He made an ironclad argument that everyone agreed with.
Often appears as...
- ironclad evidence
- ironclad guarantee
noun
A kind of warship in the past covered with iron for protection.
The old ironclad vessel was on display at the maritime museum.
Often appears as...
- ironclad warship
- ironclad vessel
Usage tips
Historical
adjective
Strict and impossible to avoid or excise.
The contract has an ironclad clause that bind the parties firmly.
Often appears as...
- ironclad contract
- ironclad rule
Usage tips
Disapproving
Legal
adjective
Something that is impossible to doubt or dispute.
He made an ironclad argument that everyone agreed with.
Often appears as...
- ironclad evidence
- ironclad guarantee
noun
A kind of warship in the past covered with iron for protection.
The old ironclad vessel was on display at the maritime museum.
Often appears as...
- ironclad warship
- ironclad vessel
Usage tips
Historical
adjective
Strict and impossible to avoid or excise.
The contract has an ironclad clause that bind the parties firmly.
Often appears as...
- ironclad contract
- ironclad rule
Usage tips
Disapproving
Legal
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Beyond Dispute
Use 'ironclad' to describe something so certain that it cannot be questioned.
His alibi was ironclad; the jury believed him instantly.
Pro Tip 2/2Strong Assurance
'Ironclad' can express a guarantee or promise deemed extremely reliable.
The store's ironclad return policy made customers feel confident.
Pro Tip 1/2Beyond Dispute
Use 'ironclad' to describe something so certain that it cannot be questioned.
His alibi was ironclad; the jury believed him instantly.
Pro Tip 2/2Strong Assurance
'Ironclad' can express a guarantee or promise deemed extremely reliable.
The store's ironclad return policy made customers feel confident.
Pro Tip 1/2Beyond Dispute
Use 'ironclad' to describe something so certain that it cannot be questioned.
His alibi was ironclad; the jury believed him instantly.
Pro Tip 2/2Strong Assurance
'Ironclad' can express a guarantee or promise deemed extremely reliable.
The store's ironclad return policy made customers feel confident.
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So then, what do we do about that? I mean, that's a fine logic, that sounds pretty convincing, pretty ironclad, doesn't it? But it isn't. Before I tell you why it isn't, I'm going to go a little bit into what I'm calling step two. Just suppose, as I said, that we do acquire --
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Are all of your memories...
that knowledge may bias their conclusion. Our memories are not ironclad representations of reality, but subjective perceptions. And there’s not necessarily anything wrong with that— the problems arise when we treat memory as fact, rather than accepting this fundamental truth
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James Robertson: The...
innovations that it dominates American life you would not believe how much of your life goes back to the Civil War let's begin with a startling and somewhat embarrassing example the North's first ironclad ship was
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A roadmap to end aging PIPE...
So then, what do we do about that? I mean, that's a fine logic, that sounds pretty convincing, pretty ironclad, doesn't it? But it isn't. Before I tell you why it isn't, I'm going to go a little bit into what I'm calling step two. Just suppose, as I said, that we do acquire --
Video examples
Are all of your memories...
that knowledge may bias their conclusion. Our memories are not ironclad representations of reality, but subjective perceptions. And there’s not necessarily anything wrong with that— the problems arise when we treat memory as fact, rather than accepting this fundamental truth
Video examples
James Robertson: The...
innovations that it dominates American life you would not believe how much of your life goes back to the Civil War let's begin with a startling and somewhat embarrassing example the North's first ironclad ship was
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Charlie Pierce
American Journalist
It is now an article of absolute faith among Republicans that 'the government' is an entity separate from 'the American people,' which they say the same way that the old Jesuits talked about 'the mystical Body of Christ.' It is now an ironclad commandment of conservative orthodoxy that 'the government' is something parasitic and alien.
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Paul Kalanithi
American Writer
During my sojourn in ironclad atheism, the primary arsenal leveled against Christianity had been its failure on empirical grounds. Surely, enlightened reason offered a more coherent cosmos. Surely, Occam's razor cut the faithful free from blind faith. There is no proof of God; therefore, it is unreasonable to believe in God.
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S.E. Cupp
American Journalist
There is no sense in meddling with the extinction of polar bears, not when so many more pressing human problems await. Until there's ironclad proof of how and why extinction works, and how much evil we've done to hasten it along, I'm going to save my emotional anguish for dying and suffering members of my own species.
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Jeffrey Kluger
American Writer
There aren't a lot of ironclad rules of family life, but here's one: No matter how much your parents deny it - and here's betting they deny it a lot - they have a favorite child. And if you're a parent, so do you.
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Ted Lieu
American Politician
Speech controversies' will come and go as they always have, but our countries' shared values remain and Congress' bipartisan support for a strong U.S.-Israel partnership is ironclad.
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John Kenneth Galbraith
American Economist
There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded that nothing was accomplished.
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Anne Tyler
American Novelist
The one ironclad rule is that I have to try. I have to walk into my writing room and pick up my pen every weekday morning.
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Charlie Pierce
American Journalist
It is now an article of absolute faith among Republicans that 'the government' is an entity separate from 'the American people,' which they say the same way that the old Jesuits talked about 'the mystical Body of Christ.' It is now an ironclad commandment of conservative orthodoxy that 'the government' is something parasitic and alien.
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Paul Kalanithi
American Writer
During my sojourn in ironclad atheism, the primary arsenal leveled against Christianity had been its failure on empirical grounds. Surely, enlightened reason offered a more coherent cosmos. Surely, Occam's razor cut the faithful free from blind faith. There is no proof of God; therefore, it is unreasonable to believe in God.
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S.E. Cupp
American Journalist
There is no sense in meddling with the extinction of polar bears, not when so many more pressing human problems await. Until there's ironclad proof of how and why extinction works, and how much evil we've done to hasten it along, I'm going to save my emotional anguish for dying and suffering members of my own species.
Quote examples
Jeffrey Kluger
American Writer
There aren't a lot of ironclad rules of family life, but here's one: No matter how much your parents deny it - and here's betting they deny it a lot - they have a favorite child. And if you're a parent, so do you.
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Ted Lieu
American Politician
Speech controversies' will come and go as they always have, but our countries' shared values remain and Congress' bipartisan support for a strong U.S.-Israel partnership is ironclad.
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John Kenneth Galbraith
American Economist
There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded that nothing was accomplished.
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Anne Tyler
American Novelist
The one ironclad rule is that I have to try. I have to walk into my writing room and pick up my pen every weekday morning.
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