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hardened

hard·ened [ hrd'nd ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. strengthened: made harder or stronger
hardened steel

2. secured against nuclear attack: strengthened in order to survive an attack by nuclear weapons

3. toughened by experience: sufficiently experienced to have become blasé about something that most people would find unpleasant or difficult

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