Definitions for HARDENED
hard·ened

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1. case-hardened, hardened, hard-boiledadjective

   used of persons; emotionally hardened

   "faced a case-hardened judge"

2. tempered, treated, hardened, toughenedadjective

   made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment

   "a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass"

3. hardenedadjective

   protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons)

   "hardened missile silos"

4. enured, inured, hardenedadjective

   made tough by habitual exposure

   "hardened fishermen"; "a peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured"- Robert Lynd; "our successors...may be graver, more inured and equable men"- V.S.Pritchett

5. hardened, setadjective

   converted to solid form (as concrete)

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1. Hardenedadjective

   Made hard, or harder, or compact; made unfeeling or callous; made obstinate or obdurate; confirmed in error or vice.2. Rendered resistant to the effects of nearby explosions; as, a hardened missile silo; hardened warhead electronics.

2. Hardenedadjective

   Experienced and inured to hardship; as, hardened combat troops.

3. Hardenedadjective

   Strongly habituated to a certain type of behavior, and unlikely to change; as, a hardened criminal. Usually used only of behavior perceived negatively.

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1. hardenedadjective

   Unfeeling or lacking emotion due to experience; callous.

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1. hardened

   Hardening is the process by which something becomes harder or is made harder.

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1. hardened

   Hardened generally refers to something that has become physically solid, firm, and rigid, often through a process of cooling, drying, or exposure to certain conditions. It can also refer to something that has been strengthened or made more resistant or robust. In a psychological context, it can describe a person who has become emotionally toughened or unfeeling through difficult experiences.

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1. Hardened

   of Harden

2. Hardenedadjective

   made hard, or compact; made unfeeling or callous; made obstinate or obdurate; confirmed in error or vice

Anagrams for HARDENED »

1. adherend

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of HARDENED in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of HARDENED in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of HARDENED in a Sentence

1. President Barack Obama:

   ISIL will not pose an existential threat to us. They are a dangerous organization like al Qaeda was, but we have hardened our defenses, the American people should feel confident that, you know, we are going to be able to defend ourselves and make sure that, you know, we have a good holiday and go about our lives.

2. Producer Bryan Cogman:

   This is 'Game of Thrones,' this is a hardened woman making a choice and she sees this as the way to get back her homeland. Sansa has a wedding night in the sense she never thought she would with one of the monsters of the show. It's pretty intense and awful and the character will have to deal with it.

3. Stewart Rhodes:

   Just the same as the founders did, they exhausted all their peaceful means, but they also rallied more people to the cause, won more people over and steeled them up and hardened them, got them ready for the confrontation. That's what we have to do.

4. Cortni Borgerson:

   You’ll be able to hear when you’re close, these cicadas live as nymphs underground for 17 years, and then tunnel up through the ground to the surface where they shed into their winged adult phase, living only 4-6 weeks. Cicada are tastiest in their teneral stage, which is right after they’ve shed into their adult forms, but are still pale while before their exoskeletons have hardened.

5. Mahamat Kamoun:

   We have gone beyond a peacekeeping operation, it is now urban warfare led by ex-rebels and soldiers who are battle-hardened and it's not U.N. police officers that will be able to do anything about it.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=HARDENED
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hardened
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardened
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/HARDENED