- a variation of hard-core.
hardcore
Britishnoun
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a style of rock music characterized by short fast numbers with minimal melody and aggressive delivery
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a type of dance music with a very fast beat
Example Sentences
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To truly maintain these hardcore interventions, you need to do them again and again—a face-lift, for example, lasts only 10 or so years.
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026
Oversimplifying things, on the other hand, would leave hardcore fans feeling as if they were being talked down to.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
However, Vermeij accepts there is a "very small subset" of hardcore fans desperate for any new information they can get their hands on.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
More than two decades after Busby’s death in 2003, his seminal 1950s recordings have made him a cult hero, revered in hardcore bluegrass circles and beyond.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
He’s a hardcore design geek, and his room is an orchard of Apple products.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
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