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intact

adjective/ɪnˈtækt/

What It Means

Left complete or whole; not touched, defiled, sullied, or otherwise damaged.

Virginal; having an intact hymen.

Uncircumcised; having an intact foreskin.

I packed my belongings carefully so that they would survive the move intact.

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Intact in Context

“But Pirates! comes with all the usual Aardman strengths intact, particularly the sense that its characters and creators alike are too good-hearted and sweet to nitpick. The ambition is all in the craft rather than in the storytelling, but it’s hard to say no to the proficiency of that craft, or the...”

— 2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, in The Onion AV Club

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From Middle French intact, from Latin intact(us).

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