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hardened

[hahr-dnd]

adjective

  1. made or become hard or harder.

  2. pitiless; unfeeling.

  3. firmly established or unlikely to change; inveterate.

    a hardened criminal.

  4. inured; toughened.

    a hardened trooper.

  5. rigid; unyielding.

    a hardened attitude.

  6. (of a missile base) equipped to launch missiles from underground silos.

  7. (of a missile) capable of being launched from an underground silo.



hardened

/ ˈɑːəԻ /

adjective

  1. rigidly set, as in a mode of behaviour

  2. toughened, as by custom; seasoned

  3. (of a nuclear missile site) constructed to withstand a nuclear attack

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • semihardened adjective
  • unhardened adjective
  • well-hardened adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hardened1

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; harden, -ed 2
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Lucy finds herself torn between the cynicism and mathematical practicality her job has hardened in her and a yearning romanticism she wishes she could be open to.

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Delhi's position on Kashmir has hardened, especially after it withdrew the special status of Jammu and Kashmir in 2019, triggering widespread protests in Kashmir.

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Karen Grammer liked to dunk Oreos in ice-cold Coca-Cola until the cream filling hardened and the cookie softened.

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Trump was grabbing the world's attention with a proposal that hardened his administration's support for Israel and also upended international norms, flying in the face of international law.

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Corby has a predictably difficult time with his first cellmate, Pug, until the heart of gold within the hardened criminal is revealed.

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