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Hardened

/ˈhɑːdn̩d/

To become hard (tough, resistant to pressure).

📖 Definitions of "Hardened"

verb
  1. 1

    To become hard (tough, resistant to pressure).

  2. 2

    To make something hard or harder (tough, resistant to pressure).

  3. 3

    To strengthen.

  4. 4

    To modify (a website or other system) to make it resistant to malicious attacks.

adjective
  1. 1

    Unfeeling or lacking emotion due to experience; callous.

    "The bloody scene could reduce even the most hardened soldier to tears."

  2. 2

    Firmly established or unlikely to change; inveterate.

  3. 3

    Having extra defences against attack; highly fortified.

    "a hardened air base"

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