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UK
/hˈɑːdənd/
]
[ US /ˈhɑɹdənd/ ]
[ US /ˈhɑɹdənd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment
a sword of tempered steel
tempered glass -
protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons)
hardened missile silos -
used of persons; emotionally hardened
faced a case-hardened judge -
made tough by habitual exposure
hardened fishermen
our successors...may be graver, more inured and equable men
a peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured - converted to solid form (as concrete)
How To Use hardened In A Sentence
- My body absorbed that ability as well; my veins are internally hardened against acids.
- When his friends called him a coward his resolve was only hardened. Times, Sunday Times
- A pupa covered by the hardened 3rd larval skin is known as a coarctate pupa..
- They are only preparing them for the preferential treatment awaiting them when they become hardened criminals in modern jails. The Sun
- It is enough to give the hardened British holidaymaker a complex. Times, Sunday Times
- As it was, his expression hardened, the catlike sharpness of his pupils glinting dangerously.
- But what Pete and Katrina can vouch for is a degree of comfort at their events that could convert the most hardened anti-festival goers.
- Tasteful engraving highlighted these silver mounts and inlays, as well as the case-hardened lock.
- This 11 mm hardened steel, double-locking padlock has 100,000 key variations and a lifetime guarantee.
- If the Tigers indeed wanted to regroup, which is what Sri Lanka fears the most, they would then invest any amount of money to have their remaining battle hardened cadres smuggled out of these camps. Kottu
