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Meanings of hardened in English

Portuguese
endurecido

Protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons)

        endurecido

        Made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment.

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            Made tough by habitual exposure.

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                  Used of persons; emotionally hardened.

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                        Usage of hardened in English
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                        Insurance rates have hardened across the Irish market in 2010, FBD said.
                        The Irish Times
                        2
                        He hardened at her provocative words-andthe sweet promises the words suggested.
                        The notorious scoundrel
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                        Granted, it's not easy dealing with hardened criminals on a daily basis.
                        The South African
                        4
                        It was a blow in the face; his own voice hardened then.
                        The Nine-Tenths
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                        Parliament had earlier passed an amendment that hardened the government's original motion.
                        Reuters
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                        The natural stubbornness on which he had counted hardened in her face.
                        Black Jack
                        7
                        Many young protesters have become battle-hardened by nearly three months of demonstrations.
                        BBC
                        8
                        The old gentleman said: It is true; I am a hardened sinner.
                        More English Fairy Tales
                        9
                        Place bark in refrigerator for about 20 minutes or until fully hardened.
                        Climbing Magazine
                        10
                        The Paris attacks have hardened rhetoric on the U.S. presidential campaign trial.
                        Reuters
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                        The inflammatory process has hardened it; it would be difficult to cut-
                        Doctor Pascal
                        12
                        The marbles were made from lumps of clay hardened in the fireplace.
                        Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
                        13
                        The Ford incident hardened views at both ends of the political spectrum.
                        American-made: the enduring legacy of the wpa : when fdr put the...
                        14
                        Autopsy.-Baseof left lung adherent to diaphragm and costal pleura; lung hardened.
                        Cattle and Their Diseases / Embracing Their History and Breeds, ...
                        15
                        As the opposition hardened, the anti-slavery agitation gathered in force and intensity.
                        History of the United States
                        16
                        Once more her heart hardened in the pitiless fury of outraged mercy.
                        The Second Generation
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                        Translations for hardened
                        Portuguese
                        endurecido
                        Hardened through the time
                        Hardened across language varieties
                        United Kingdom
                        Common
                        United States of America
                        Common
                        Ireland
                        Common