hardened
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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verb (used with object)
2.
to make pitiless or unfeeling: to harden one's heart.
4.
to strengthen or confirm, especially with reference to character, intentions, feelings, etc.; reinforce.
5.
to make hardy, robust, or capable of endurance; toughen.
verb (used without object)
7.
to become hard or harder.
8.
to become pitiless or unfeeling.
9.
to become rigid or unyielding; stiffen: His personality hardened over the years.
10.
to become confirmed or strengthened: His resistance hardened.
11.
to become inured or toughened: The troops hardened under constant fire.
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harden1 (ˈhɑːdən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to make or become hard or harder; freeze, stiffen, or set |
| 2. | to make or become more hardy, tough, or unfeeling |
| 3. | to make or become stronger or firmer: they hardened defences |
| 4. | to make or become more resolute or set: hardened in his resolve |
| 5. | (intr) commerce |
| a. (of prices, a market, etc) to cease to fluctuate | |
| b. (of price) to rise higher | |
| harden2 (ˈhɑːdən) | |
| —n | |
| a rough fabric made from hards | |
| hardened (ˈhɑːdənd) | |
| —adj | |
| 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 |
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Example sentences
When the lava cooled, it hardened into igneous rock.
Locking up the pickpocket only sets him up to learn worse tricks from hardened thugs.
Hearts have hardened as living standards have soared.
Frost hardened on my windowpanes, blotting out what little light radiated from a dull and distant sun.
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