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Covered or protected with iron; A wooden warship of the 19th century that is plated with metal armor;Inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable.

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  • "Unfortunately the word ironclad is a bit of a myth," says divorce lawyer Clifford M. Solomon, partner of Solomon Tanenbaum in Westchester.
  • The Confederates were fully aware of this, and as soon as they could, placed on the waters of their rivers and harbors vessels new to naval warfare, called ironclad rams.
  • Scholars call the German case against America "ironclad".
  • They're not "ironclad," warns Morningstar mutual fund analyst Michael Herbst.
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