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hardened

verb
/ˈhɑːdn̩d/UK/ˈhɑɹd(ə)nd/US

Definitions

  1. simple past and past participle of harden

  2. Made physically hard.

    • hardened steel

  3. Having been accustomed or desensitized to something unpleasant through exposure or…

    Having been accustomed or desensitized to something unpleasant through exposure or experience; inured.

    • hardened police officers
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Unfeeling

      Unfeeling; pitiless; callous.

      • The bloody scene could reduce even the most hardened soldier to tears.
      • In the past, Lutao was considered somewhat mysterious, because of the national penitentiary which housed the most hardened criminals, and the restrictions on travel to the island, which have since been loosened.

    2. Firmly established in a behavior seen as bad

      Firmly established in a behavior seen as bad; unlikely to change one's ways; inveterate.

      • hardened criminals

    3. Having extra defences against attack

      Having extra defences against attack; highly fortified.

      • a hardened air base
      • a hardened server

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at hardened. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at hardened. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at hardened

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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