intact

[in·tact]

If something is intact it's still in one piece. If you'd like your sand castle to remain intact, I suggest you build it away from the water.

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Untouched, especially by anything that harms, defiles, or the like; uninjured; undefiled; left complete or entire.

Adjective S.
constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged; "a local motion keepeth bodies integral"- Bacon; "was able to keep the collection entire during his lifetime"; "fought to keep the union intact"

Adjective S.
undamaged in any way; whole; "the vase remained intact despite rough handling"

Adjective S.
not impaired or diminished in any way; "emerged from the trial with his prestige intact"; "the blast left his hearint intact"

Adjective S.
(of a woman) having the hymen unbroken; "she was intact, virginal"

Adjective S.
(used of domestic animals) sexually competent; "an entire horse"

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Untouched, especially by anything that harms, defiles, or the like; uninjured; undefiled; left complete or entire.


Intact

In*tact" , a. [L. intactus; pref. in- not + tactus, p. p. of tangere to touch: cf. F. intact. See In- not, and Tact, Tangent.] Untouched, especially by anything that harms, defiles, or the like; uninjured; undefiled; left complete or entire. Buckle.
When all external differences have passed away, one element remains intact, unchanged, -- the everlasting basis of our common nature, the human soul.

Untouched, especially by anything that harms, defiles, or the like; uninjured; undefiled; left complete or entire.

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Usage Examples

In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact to shatter and destroy it is not so good.

'Beauty' is a currency system like the gold standard. Like any economy, it is determined by politics, and in the modern age in the West is is the last, best belief system that keeps male dominance intact.

When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact.

Change your opinions, keep to your principles change your leaves, keep intact your roots.

After the desperate years of their own war, after six years of repression inside Spain and six years of horror in exile, these people remain intact in spirit. They are armed with a transcendent faith they have never won, and yet they have never accepted defeat.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

It's just really hard to work and get better, building and planning for the future with the new Monte Carlo and keeping the race team intact and keeping them healthy.

The core of the movie business remains intact and it's not descending in scope. Studios want movies that are bigger than ever.

Studies show that children of divorced parents can have outcomes as positive as those coming from intact homes, provided the father remains financially supportive and active in his children's lives.

Everything is becoming science fiction. From the margins of an almost invisible literature has sprung the intact reality of the 20th century.

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

So we're considering doing a new Christmas album, because there's been Christmas episodes since then, and maybe finally do the version of 'The Most Offensive Song Ever' with lyrics intact.

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