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- adjective
Extremely hard ; ofutmost hardness .
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Examples
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Ten minutes later, the coronal mass ejection impacted the planet, bathing the sunlit side with a lethal dose of ultrahard radiation that instantly exterminated every living thing it its path.
365 tomorrows » Patricia Stewart : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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Ten minutes later, the coronal mass ejection impacted the planet, bathing the sunlit side with a lethal dose of ultrahard radiation that instantly exterminated every living thing it its path.
365 tomorrows » 2010 » June : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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But to us business voyeur types, Disney is among the least warm-and-fuzzy companies on the planet: driving ultrahard bargains to raise money at ultracheap rates, putting the squeeze on suppliers and spotting tax loopholes faster than the company's animators can spot a Dalmatian.
The Loophole King 2008
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So the emergency fix that the Army has decided for the Strykers bound for Iraq is to glue a sheet of ultrahard steel behind each faulty tile.
Faulty Armor? 2007
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Because they are composed of the same ultradense, ultrahard composite, there is a risk that one or both crystals could sustain microscopic scratches or other damage if they come into contact.
The Starfleet Survival Guide David Mack 2002
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Because they are composed of the same ultradense, ultrahard composite, there is a risk that one or both crystals could sustain microscopic scratches or other damage if they come into contact.
The Starfleet Survival Guide David Mack 2002
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Because they are composed of the same ultradense, ultrahard composite, there is a risk that one or both crystals could sustain microscopic scratches or other damage if they come into contact.
The Starfleet Survival Guide David Mack 2002
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Because they are composed of the same ultradense, ultrahard composite, there is a risk that one or both crystals could sustain microscopic scratches or other damage if they come into contact.
The Starfleet Survival Guide David Mack 2002
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They used ultrahard steel to shape the edge and spine of the blade, the one to hold a cutting edge so perfectly sharp it virtually disappeared, the other to create a strong back - bone.
Second Skin Lustbader, Eric 1995
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Its ultrahard metal was as shiny as ever, but it was two-thirds gone.
Covergent Series Niven, Larry 1979
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