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Debt Facilities - Senior Notes (Detail) € in Millions						12 Months Ended
	Oct. 23, 2020 USD ($)	Oct. 23, 2020 EUR (€)	Jul. 08, 2020 USD ($)	Jul. 08, 2020 EUR (€)	Jan. 02, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Oct. 07, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 22, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 EUR (€)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loss on debt extinguishment						$ 145,804,000	$ 52,825,000	$ 51,377,000
Long term debt, gross						1,370,970,000	1,370,118,000
Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loss on debt extinguishment	$ 44,200,000		$ 93,500,000				52,900,000
Redemption premium	29,300,000		77,800,000				43,300,000
Write-off of unamortized debt issuance costs	$ 14,900,000		$ 15,700,000				9,600,000
Unamortized debt discount and debt issuance costs						92,773,000	78,030,000
Long term debt, gross						$ 9,261,050,000	9,029,211,000
Senior Notes | 5.00% Infomart Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate (percent)						5.00%
Long term debt, gross						$ 150,000,000	450,000,000
Senior Notes | 5.375% Senior Notes Due In 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate (percent)					5.375%	5.375%
Debt redemption					$ 343,700,000
Loss on debt extinguishment					5,900,000	$ 5,900,000
Redemption premium					4,600,000	4,600,000
Write-off of unamortized debt issuance costs					$ 1,300,000	1,300,000
Long term debt, gross						$ 0	343,711,000
Senior Notes | 2.625% Senior Notes due 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate (percent)						2.625%
Long term debt, gross						$ 1,000,000,000	1,000,000,000
Senior Notes | 2.875% Euro Senior Notes Due 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate (percent)			2.875%	2.875%		2.875%
Debt redemption | €				€ 750.0
Long term debt, gross						$ 0	841,500,000
Senior Notes | 1.250 % Senior Notes Due 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate (percent)						1.25%				1.25%
Aggregate principal debt amount issued										$ 500,000,000.0
Unamortized debt discount and debt issuance costs										$ 5,300,000
Long term debt, gross						$ 500,000,000
Senior Notes | 1.000% Senior Notes Due 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate (percent)						1.00%			1.00%
Aggregate principal debt amount issued									$ 700,000,000.0
Unamortized debt discount and debt issuance costs									$ 6,200,000
Long term debt, gross						$ 700,000,000
Senior Notes | 2.900% Senior Notes due 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate (percent)						2.90%
Long term debt, gross						$ 600,000,000	600,000,000
Senior Notes | 3.200% Senior Notes due 2029
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long term debt, gross						$ 1,200,000,000	1,200,000,000
Senior Notes | 2.875% Euro Senior Notes Due 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate (percent)	2.875%	2.875%				2.875%
Debt redemption | €		€ 1,000.0
Long term debt, gross						$ 0	1,122,000,000
Senior Notes | 2.875% Euro Senior Notes due 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate (percent)	2.875%	2.875%				2.875%
Debt redemption | €		€ 500.0
Long term debt, gross						$ 611,050,000	1,122,000,000				€ 1,000.0
Senior Notes | 1.800% Senior Notes Due 2027
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate (percent)										1.80%
Aggregate principal debt amount issued										$ 500,000,000.0
Unamortized debt discount and debt issuance costs										$ 5,600,000
Senior Notes | 3.000% Senior Notes Due 2050
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate (percent)						3.00%				3.00%
Aggregate principal debt amount issued										$ 500,000,000.0
Unamortized debt discount and debt issuance costs										$ 14,200,000
Long term debt, gross						$ 500,000,000
Senior Notes | 2.150% Senior Notes Due 2030
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate (percent)						2.15%				2.15%
Aggregate principal debt amount issued										$ 1,100,000,000
Unamortized debt discount and debt issuance costs										$ 12,900,000
Long term debt, gross						$ 1,100,000,000
Senior Notes | 5.875% Senior Notes Due 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate (percent)			5.875%	5.875%		5.875%
Debt redemption			$ 1,100,000,000
Long term debt, gross						$ 0	$ 1,100,000,000
Senior Notes | 1.550% Senior Notes Due 2028
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate (percent)						1.55%			1.55%
Aggregate principal debt amount issued									$ 650,000,000.0
Unamortized debt discount and debt issuance costs									$ 5,800,000
Long term debt, gross						$ 650,000,000
Senior Notes | 2.950% Senior Notes Due 2051
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate (percent)						2.95%			2.95%
Aggregate principal debt amount issued									$ 500,000,000.0
Unamortized debt discount and debt issuance costs									$ 8,100,000
Long term debt, gross						$ 500,000,000
Senior Notes | 2024 and 2026 Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loss on debt extinguishment						93,500,000
Redemption premium						77,800,000
Write-off of unamortized debt issuance costs						$ 15,700,000

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