Antonyms for cast ironcast iron

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1. cast ironadjective

   Durable; tough; resiliant.

   Ernest has a cast-iron constitution and never gets sick.

   Synonyms:
   iron, robust, impervious, unshakable, bulletproof

2. cast ironadjective

   Inflexible or without exception.

   The school's cast-iron policy on admissions fees left no leeway for needy students.

   Synonyms:
   iron-clad, unrelenting, stern, unwavering

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1. cast ironadjective

   an alloy of iron containing so much carbon that it is brittle and so cannot be wrought but must be shaped by casting

   Antonyms:
   frail

2. cast-iron, ironadjective

   extremely robust

   "an iron constitution"

   Antonyms:
   frail

   Synonyms:
   iron, cast-iron

How to use cast iron in a sentence?

1. Seb Coe:

   I think the Games will go ahead. I was in Tokyo a week ago and spent 48 very intensive hours talking to the organising committee and the government, there is a cast-iron determination to stage the Games, though there is a recognition that we are still in uncertain territory. Yes, the vaccine will help, but I guess for athletes in the village and warm up track etc, there are going to be some adaptations.

2. Hua Chunying:

   No matter what steps Japan may take to promote and market their mistaken position it cannot change the basic reality that the Diaoyu islands belong to China, the Nanjing massacre was an atrocity carried out by the Japanese militarists when they invaded China. The evidence is cast iron and a conclusion was reached long ago about it. This whitewashing and censoring by Japan in these text books again shows that Japan is unwilling to face up to historical mistakes.

3. Columbia Gas:

   Shoemaker said.Lastly, after Columbia Gas is sold, an independent monitor chosen by the U.S. Department of Transportation will monitor a new companys activities to ensure compliance with state and federal safety regulations and report it to the government on a monthly basis. NiSource also has subsidiaries in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Kentucky and Virginia. As per a separate agreement, it will implement the recommendations made by the national transportation safety board in the wake of the gas explosions in Massachusetts two years ago. SUPREME COURT HEARS ATLANTIC COAST PIPELINE CASE, ROBERTS WARNS OF IMPERMEABLE BARRIER ALONG APPALACHIAN TRAIL Columbia Gas, through a pattern of flagrant indifference, in the face of extreme risk to life and property, knowingly violated minimum safety standards for starting up and shutting down gas pipelines, Shoemaker said. Federal investigators blamed the explosions on over-pressurized gas lines, saying the company failed to account for critical pressure sensors as workers replaced century-old cast-iron pipes in Lawrence. That omission caused high-pressure gas to flood the neighborhoods distribution system at excessive levels. Todays resolution with the U.S. Attorneys Office is an important part of addressing the impact.

4. Deputy City Manager Phillip Urrutia:

   It’s an aging infrastructure that we’re seeing. It’s a cast iron pipe, and so those are typically more susceptible to breaks than other new technologies like PVC pipe that’s going in the ground.

5. Paul Mangiamele:

   We’ll have a prime rib carving station and these big cast-iron doors where the prime rolls out, the optics will be impressive. It will smell great, look great, sound great.

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