English to English
hardened
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adjective (a)
- made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment(adj.all)source: wordnet30
- protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons)(adj.all)Example:
Hardened missile silos.
source: wordnet30 - Made hard, or harder, or compact; made unfeeling or callous; made obstinate or obdurate; confirmed in error or vice.(adjective)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- used of persons; emotionally hardened(adj.all)Example:
Faced a case-hardened judge.
source: wordnet30