hardened
- v become hard or harder
The wax hardened - v make hard or harder
The cold hardened the butter - v harden by reheating and cooling in oil
- v make fit
- v cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
- s used of persons; emotionally hardened
faced a case-hardened judge - a made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment
- a protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons)
hardened missile silos - s made tough by habitual exposure
hardened fishermen - s converted to solid form (as concrete)