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Jul 10, 2009
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i•con•o•clast



Pronunciation: (ī-kon'u-klast"), [key]
—n.
1. a breaker or destroyer of images, esp. those set up for religious veneration.
2. a person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions, etc., as being based on error or superstition.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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