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Definition of Hardcore
1. Adjective. Intensely loyal. "His hard-core supporters"
2. Adjective. Extremely explicit. "Hard-core pornography"
Definition of Hardcore
1. Adjective. Having an extreme dedication to a certain activity; diehard. ¹
2. Adjective. (slang) Particularly intense; thrillingly dangerous or erratic; desirably violent in appearance; pleasing or "cool" due to intensity or danger. ¹
3. Adjective. Resistant to change. ¹
4. Adjective. Obscene or explicit. ¹
5. Adjective. (pornography) Of or pertaining to pornography that depicts penetration. ¹
6. Adjective. (music) Faster or more intense than the regular style. ¹
7. Noun. broken bricks, stone and/or other aggregate used as foundations especially in road and path laying. ¹
8. Noun. (music) Hardcore punk or techno music. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hardcore
1. hard material used in foundations [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hardcore
Literary usage of Hardcore
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The National Drug Control Strategy 1996 by Barry R. McCaffrey (1996)
"hardcore DRUG USE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES There are signs that the cocaine epidemic
of the 1980's is receding. But while we are witnessing fewer initiates into ..."
2. National Drug Control Strategy (1994): Reclaiming Our Communities from Drugs by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"Reducing hardcore Drug Use Through Treatment. First, the FY 1995 budget request
focuses on increasing funding for programs that diminish drug use by ..."
3. Urban Street Gang Enforcement by Edward Connors, Barbara Webster, Newl Miller, Claire Johnson, Elizabeth Fraser, Bill Falcon (1998)
"Two common designations, hardcore members and associate members, are often defined
as follows: Q hardcore gang members are the most dangerous and violence ..."
4. Towards Asia's Sustainable Development: The Role of Social Protection by Oecd (2002)
"With respect to hardcore poverty, the MTR estimated that overall it fell from
... The hardcore poor participating in the scheme each receive a MR$ 5 000 ..."
5. Modern Road Construction: A Practical Treatise for the Use of Engineers by Francis Wood (1920)
"255), used as hardcore topping in such places and thickness as the surveyor ...
hardcore is to be spread over the carriageway to a depth of 12 inches when ..."
6. The Encyclopædia of Municipal and Sanitary Engineering: A Handy Working by William Henry Maxwell (1910)
"hardcore. Concrete foundations should be used for asphalte pavements and under brick
... hardcore foundations should be provided under all other pavements, ..."
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