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achilles

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a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel'

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noun

a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel'

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for achilles.

noun

a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel'

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Example sentences

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This shows again that mtgox is the achilles heel.

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Clojure is a great language that has an achilles heel right now.

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I have a very decent one who's achilles heel is the internal storage.

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And that is Google's achilles' heel; support and customer service.

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The second is that the foot-achilles-knee is a spring-like appendage with vastly more play than 1/2 inch of EVA foam.

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I think this should be obvious to anybody that thinks about economics at all, and I think this is the absolutely massive achilles' heel for supply-side economics, the elephant in the room that people don't want to talk about.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use achilles in a sentence?

This shows again that mtgox is the achilles heel.

What does achilles mean?

a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel'

What part of speech is achilles?

achilles is commonly used as noun.