hardcore — ozdic

Collocations

5

ADJ.

adopted, alcoholic, atheist, blacker, capitalistic, economic, happy, lapsed

VERB + HARDCORE

back, began, bit, isn't, likes, point, prefers, recording

HARDCORE + NOUN

addiction, basket, believer, christian, dude, fans, fisher, gamer

PREP.

between, in, into

ADV.

suddenly, then

Definitions

adj

1

Having an extreme dedication to a certain activity.

He's a hardcore gamer.

2

So hard as to require extreme dedication to complete.

3

Particularly intense; thrillingly dangerous or erratic; desirably violent in appearance; pleasing or "cool" due to intensity or danger.

That show was hardcore, dude.

4

Resistant to change.

5

Obscene or explicit.

noun

1

Broken bricks, stone and/or other aggregate used as foundations, especially in road and path laying.

You need to excavate and remove the topsoil, line the subsoil with a geotextile, then lay and compact hardcore.

2

Several music genres, including:

Fields began recording the hardcore punk bands in 1978 when few others would.

3

Several music genres, including:

4

Several music genres, including:

5

Several music genres, including:

Always more multiracial than other post-Rave scenes, Hardcore got “blacker” as hiphop, Ragga, dub and Soul influences kicked in, and by 93 it had evolved into Jungle. By this point, Hardcore/Jungle (the terms remain interchangeable) was universally scorned by dance hipsters and banished from the media.

adv

1

In a hardcore manner; intensely or extremely.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — extremely explicit

hard-core

adjective — intensely loyal

hard-core

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

He's a hardcore gamer.

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02

That show was hardcore, dude.

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03

You need to excavate and remove the topsoil, line the subsoil with a geotextile, then lay and compact hardcore.

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04

Fields began recording the hardcore punk bands in 1978 when few others would.

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05

Always more multiracial than other post-Rave scenes, Hardcore got “blacker” as hiphop, Ragga, dub and Soul influences kicked in, and by 93 it had evolved into Jungle. By this point, Hardcore/Jungle (t

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06

The distinction between hardcore soccer fans and criminals is becoming more and more undistinguishable.

Tatoeba · #722177

Usage Notes

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