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intact

adjective

Simple meaning

Left complete or whole.

Pronunciation

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ihntakt

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ɪnˈtækt

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Definition

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adjective

  1. of females

    Virginal; having an intact hymen.

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

  3. of maleschiefly intactivism

    Uncircumcised; having an intact foreskin.

  4. of animals

    Not castrated.

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remained intactlargely intactintact skinintact animal

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