intact

4 definitions • 8 examples

complete and in the original state:

The church was destroyed in the bombing but the altar survived intact.

They found the intact skull of a mammoth.

not damaged or destroyed:

It's difficult to emerge from such a scandal with your reputation intact.

A year later, her undefeated record is still intact.

(of an animal) not having had part of its sexual organs removed in order to prevent it from producing baby animals:

Feral cats should be neutered as intact animals are more likely to attack humans.

Owners of intact dogs will have to pay $50 for a license compared to $9.

The lamb was a six-month-old intact male.

complete and in the original state:

He emerged from the investigation with his reputation largely intact (= not damaged).