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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

/ ˈhɑːdənd /

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hardened1

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; harden, -ed 2
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Example Sentences

I’m also alarmed by the hardened edge to China’s new superpower status.

You can pretend not to care about the Oscars, but even the most hardened souls secretly thrill to their glamour.

From Time

He is tempting even the most hardened cynics to violate their rules against being impressed this time of year.

They’re sitting on data that is increasingly seen as crucial to advertising in light of Google’s hardened stance on user-level tracking.

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Many of them are convicted drug dealers and other hardened criminals.

The cells are austere—essentially hardened trailers—that cost about $40,000 each to build.

A generation of Syrian kids have the far-away gazes of battle-hardened soldiers returning from war.

She reportedly told them, “Sophie Lyons is a hardened criminal, and too smart to be caught like this.”

A comedy titan who was always the center of attention, amusing even the most hardened of cynics with his manic energy.

Even Haggard, case-hardened as he was, didn't light his cigar for full twenty minutes.

Why hast thou made us to err, O Lord, from thy ways: why hast thou hardened our heart, that we should not fear thee?

And they have not hearkened to me: nor inclined their ear: but have hardened their neck, and have done worse than their fathers.

A hardened dealer once went near a large meeting of men with a wagon load of bottles containing cold tea.

The hardened devils of Anzacs, who had taken cover betwixt the shell-proofs built of piles of stores, roared with laughter.

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