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hardened

Dictionary definition · hardened

adjective

  1. used of persons; emotionally hardened"faced a case-hardened judge"
  2. made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment"a sword of tempered steel"
  3. protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons)"hardened missile silos"
  4. made tough by habitual exposure"hardened fishermen"
  5. converted to solid form (as concrete)

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).