hardened
IPA: hˈɑrdʌnd
adjective
- Having been accustomed or desensitized to something unpleasant through exposure or experience; inured.
- Unfeeling; pitiless; callous.
- Firmly established in a behavior seen as bad; unlikely to change one's ways; inveterate.
- (computing, military) Having extra defences against attack; highly fortified.
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Examples of "hardened" in Sentences
- Clearly, a recidivist hardened criminal.
- The mixture is hardened to form the insert.
- The chocolate is now entrenched and hardened.
- After the resin is hardened, the mold is removed.
- The barrel was blued and the hammer was case hardened.
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