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industrial-strength (-streŋkt̸h′)

adjective

made or designed to be strong enough for industrial use: often used facetiously industrial-strength coffee

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industrial-strength Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • most: Most industrial-strength and many smaller database applications can be addressed using SQL.

Modifies a noun

  • solution: What's needed is an industrial-strength solution that can address the problems people see with many of today's messaging solutions.
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