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/ˈhaɪdɹə/ · noun
(fantasy) A dragon-like creature with many heads and the ability to regrow them when maimed..
Because the statute is so vaguely worded, award decisions are habitually based on case law, the growing mountain of which is a hydra of rulings that point in so many directions that almost any decision can be defended or overturned on appeal, depending on how smart your lawyer is and which precedent he selects to argue your case.
Use hydra when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hydra means (fantasy) A dragon-like creature with many heads and the ability to regrow them when maimed..
Common synonyms include snake.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Because the statute is so vaguely worded, award decisions are habitually based on case law, the growing mountain of which is a hydra of rulings that point in so many directions that almost any decision can be defended or overturned on appeal, depending on how smart your lawyer is and which precedent he selects to argue your case.
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