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Strong

adjective

(compar. stronger; superl. strongest)

Having strength or power greater than average or expected. "Strong medicine" , "A strong man"

Not faint or feeble.

Having or wielding force or authority. Synonym: potent.

Having a strong physiological or chemical effect. Synonyms: potent, stiff. "Potent liquor" , "A potent cup of tea" , "A stiff drink"

Immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with. Synonyms: impregnable, inviolable, secure, unassailable, unattackable. "Fortifications that made the frontier inviolable" , "A secure telephone connection"

Of good quality and condition; solidly built. Synonyms: solid, substantial. "Several substantial timber buildings"

Of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection.

Being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content. Synonym: hard.

Freshly made or left. Synonym: warm. "The scent is warm"

10.

Strong and sure. Synonym: firm. "Gave a strong pull on the rope"

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... that great which makes him little— I grant you in a church 't is very well: What speaks of Heaven should by no means be brittle, But strong and lasting, till no tongue can tell Their names who reared it; but huge houses fit ill, And huge tombs, worse, Mankind—since Adam fell: Methinks the story of the tower of Babel Might teach them this much better than ...

— The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 6 • Lord Byron

... macadam the stones are held in place by a weak cement composed of stone dust and water, and this cement is not sufficiently strong to hold the stones in place when they are subjected to the shear of automobile tires. In finishing the water-bound macadam surface, the spaces between the stones are filled with screening and in ...

— American Rural Highways • T. R. Agg

... glimpse of him. There was the malignant, but derisive look—one which he meant to be courteous, but which the bitter feeling within him overshadowed with the gloomy triumph of an evil spirit. She placed her hands over her eyes, gave one loud shriek, and immediately fell into strong convulsions. ...

— The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector - The Works of William Carleton, Volume One • William Carleton

... they have broken up the grim lines that make so dismal the best-intentioned factory town. There are hints that the builders have heard somewhere of the science of landscape gardening. At times these same houses are deceiving, for all I. C. C. buildings bear a strong family resemblance, and it is only at the door that you know whether it is bachelors' quarters, a family ...

— Zone Policeman 88 - A Close Range Study of the Panama Canal and its Workers • Harry A. Franck

... came out of the dusk into the light of their fire, and a long arm waved a greeting at them. Both Lawless and Pierre rose to their feet. The stranger was dressed in buckskin, he carried a rifle, and around his shoulder was a strong yellow cord, from ...

— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker

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