hard-core

hard-core also hard·core (härd

kôr

, -k

)

adj.

1. Intensely loyal; die-hard: a hard-core secessionist; a hard-core golfer.

2. Stubbornly resistant to improvement or change: hard-core poverty.

3. Extremely graphic or explicit: hard-core pornography.

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Adj.	1.	hard-core - stubbornly resistant to change or improvement; "hard-core addicts" inflexible - incapable of change; "a man of inflexible purpose"
	2.	hard-core - intensely loyal; "his hard-core supporters" hardcore loyal - steadfast in allegiance or duty; "loyal subjects"; "loyal friends stood by him"
	3.	hard-core - extremely explicit; "hard-core pornography" hardcore explicit, expressed - precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication; "explicit instructions"; "she made her wishes explicit"; "explicit sexual scenes"

hard-core

adjective

1. dyed-in-the-wool, extreme, dedicated, rigid, staunch, die-hard, steadfast, obstinate, intransigent a hard-core group of right-wing senators

2. explicit, obscene, pornographic, X-rated (informal) jailed for peddling hard-core porn videos through the post

Translations

hard-core [ˈhɑːdkɔːʳ] ADJ [pornography] → duro; [supporter, militant, activist] → acérrimo; [conservative, communist] → acérrimo, empedernido
see also hard

hard-core [ˌhɑːdˈkɔːʳ]

1. adj

a. (pornography) → hard-core inv

b. (supporters) → irriducibile

2. n

a. (supporters) → zoccolo duro

b. (for roads, foundations) → massicciata

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With hard-core offenders estimated to cause damage worth an average of pounds 300,000 to victims and households, PE said it could cost the public around pounds 105billion over the course of their criminal careers.

Criminals jump by 410,000 by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)

The committee said many sites did not do enough to keep kids safe from dangerous material, including hard-core porn, extreme violence, and even rape.

MPs urge curbs on YouTube by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)

Byline: Scott McLennan COLUMN: SCOTT MCLENNAN There is a fine line between having fun and getting hurt at a hard-core show.

Hard-core band Acacia Strain eyes frenzied mosh pits by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)

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