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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "solid or certain",
"word": "sans faille"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "solid or certain",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "béton"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "solid or certain",
"word": "hieb- und stichfest"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "solid or certain",
"word": "murowany"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "solid or certain",
"word": "sin fisuras"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "solid or certain",
"word": "incontrovertible"
}
],
"word": "ironclad"
}
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