Legitimate
Legitimate adjective - Permitted by law.
Stone and legitimate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stone" instead an adjective "Legitimate".
Stone
Stone adjective - Having no exceptions or restrictions.
Legitimate and stone are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Legitimate" instead an adjective "Stone".
Both words in one sentence
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Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated Owen Hart at SummerSlam 1997 but not before his opponent dropped him on his head, resulting in a legitimate broken neck and temporary paralysis.
Source: Pyrrhic Victory - For a certain value of 'hero', Melisandre awakening the stone dragon only works to give Aegon one, which makes his crowning himself more legitimate.
Source: Fanfic / Ned Stark Lives - Stories persist that, as they abandoned China, Mongols took with them the Imperial Seal of Qin Shi Huangdi, carved from the legendary stone called He Shi Bi, that had been kept by the "legitimate" Chinese emperors until then.
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