Synonyms for ironclad
ˈaɪ ərnˈklæd; -ˌklædiron·clad

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1. ironcladadjective

   a wooden warship of the 19th century that is plated with iron or steel armor

   Antonyms:
   flexible, unsheathed, bare

2. ironcladadjective

   sheathed in iron plates for protection

   Synonyms:
   brassbound

   Antonyms:
   bare, flexible, unsheathed

3. ironclad, brassboundadjective

   inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable

   "brassbound traditions"; "brassbound party loyalists"; "an ironclad rule"

   Synonyms:
   brassbound

   Antonyms:
   bare, unsheathed, flexible

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1. List of paraphrases for "ironclad":

   iron-clad, kcrc

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How to use ironclad in a sentence?

1. Ash Carter:

   It’s long standing, it is, we say, ironclad, they have a new government there and we look forward to working with them, talking with them about our alliance, about security affairs in the region.

2. Matt Raymer:

   Either of Pennsylvania's leading Republican Democratic Senate candidates would represent the Keystone State better than a Democrat, but Pennsylvania law is clear that undated absentee ballots may not be counted, this is another example of the RNC's ironclad commitment to ensuring that the highest standards of transparency and security are upheld throughout the election process.

3. Marsha Blackburn:

   I'm proud to partner with Senators Marsha Blackburn and Amy Klobuchar in this breakthrough blow against Big Tech bullying. This bipartisan bill will help break these tech giants' ironclad grip, open the app economy to new competitors, and give mobile users more control over their own devices.

4. Antony Blinken:

   We’ve made clear over many, many months that we were prepared to engage with North Korea without any preconditions. The response from North Korea has been missile launch after missile launch, we have been very clear that our commitment to the security of our close allies and partners – South Korea and Japan – is ironclad. And beyond making that clear, we have been working very closely together in full coordination to take appropriate steps to strengthen even more our deterrence and defense capacity.

5. Ed Casey:

   David Phippen said David Phippen grandfather paid a premium price for hundreds of acres in the 1930s because it came with ironclad senior water rights. David Phippen said David Phippen takes those rights to the bank when David Phippen needs loans to replant almond orchards or install new irrigation lines. David Phippen fears that state officials are tampering with a system that has worked for years. In the water world, the pre-1914 rights were considered to be gold.