adamantium
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- noun
- /ˌædəˈmæntiəm/
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adamantium
- The scientist created a new weapon using adamantium, a fictional metal known for its incredible strength.
- adamantium skeleton
- adamantium claws
- adamantium metal
Because scientifically speaking, I think an adamantium skeleton would be pretty sicked now entering the facility.
- Because scientifically speaking, I think an adamantium skeleton would be pretty sicked now entering the facility.
Examples
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In superhero movies, the character Wolverine has an adamantium skeleton that makes him nearly indestructible.
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He intends to secure the adamantium for himself.
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If only one country is going to control adamantium, it's going to be us.
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Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you... adamantium.
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How else to explain your theft of our adamantium, only to return it to us in Washington.
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WINTER: Claws are Adamantium, so they cut through everything easily.
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Yeah, well, adamantium's harder than steel.
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Smartphones will be 2 feet long, several feet thick, and made of adamantium, the same metal used in Wolverine.
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What he's doing is imitating Wolverine's berserker attack with his Adamantium claws.
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The comic book described the villain's armor as being made entirely of adamantium, making it impervious to damage.
Synonyms
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A made-up metal from comics that is very strong and absorbs energy
Very strong and hard to break, said as a joke about an imaginary material
Surface Forms
Morphology
adamantium = adamant (transparent) = adamant + ium
Formed by adding the metal-forming suffix '-ium' to 'adamant' to name a metal with adamant-like (very hard) properties; the formation and meaning are directly inferable though the metal itself is fictional.
Etymology
Adamantium is built from adamant, which comes from an old Greek word adamas meaning 'very hard' or 'diamond', and the metal-like ending -ium. That's why in comic books and movies it names a fictional, 'unbreakable' metal.