Related Words for toughening

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annealed
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Verb, Adjective
baked
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Adjective, Adjective
burned
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Adjective, Adjective
calloused
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Adjective, Adjective
hardened
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Adjective, Adjective
inured
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Adjective, Adjective
tempered
/x
Adjective, Adjective
thickened
/x
Adjective, Adjective
tough
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Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Verb
treated
/x
Verb, Adjective
tender
/x
Noun, Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
softening
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Noun
strengthening
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Noun, Verb
stiffening
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Noun
weakening
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Noun
loosening
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Noun
tightening
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Noun
reforming
x/x
Verb
lowering
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Verb
cracking
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Noun
bolstering
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Verb
enforcing
x/x
Verb
easing
/x
Noun
solidifying
x/xxx
Verb
harsher
/x
Adjective
improving
x/x
Verb
boosting
/x
Verb
punishing
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Verb
breaking
/x
Noun
intensifying
x/xxx
Verb
reinforcing
xx/x
Verb
reshaping
x/x
Noun
enhancing
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Verb
reducing
x/x
Verb
bending
/x
Noun
resisting
x/x
Verb
increasing
x/x
Verb
shaping
/x
Verb
broadening
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Noun
disciplining
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Noun
stricter
/x
Adjective
flexing
/x
Noun
undermining
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Noun
modifying
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Verb
circumventing
xx/x
Verb
slackening
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Noun
heightening
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Noun
stripping
/x
Noun
stretching
/x
Verb
ramping
/x
Noun
stiffer
/x
Adjective
blunting
/x
Noun
lengthening
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Noun
polishing
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Noun
coarsening
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Noun
enacting
x/x
Verb
changing
/x
Verb
dampening
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Noun
sanctioning
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Noun
lessening
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Noun
hammering
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Noun
delaying
x/x
Verb
battering
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Noun
tweaking
/x
Noun
pushing
/x
Verb
deforming
x/x
Noun
altering
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Verb
limiting
/xx
Verb
overhauling
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Noun
protecting
x/x
Verb
augmenting
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Verb
fining
/x
Noun
raising
/x
Noun
streamlining
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Noun
draconian
x/xx
Adjective
adjusting
x/x
Verb
pressuring
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Verb
refining
x/x
Noun
crushing
/x
Verb
drying
/x
Noun
lifting
/x
Noun
restricting
x/x
Verb
deformation
xx/x
Noun
shrinkage
/x
Noun
whipping
/x
Verb
conditioning
x/xx
Noun
sticking
/x
Verb
stringent
/x
Adjective
imposing
x/x
Verb
beating
/x
Noun
slashing
/x
Verb
bracing
/x
Verb
deepening
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Verb
combating
x/x
Verb
buckling
/x
Noun
rescinding
x/x
Noun
fortifying
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Verb
deadening
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Adjective
induration
x//x
Noun
sensitization
/xx/x
Noun
sharpening
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Noun
smoothing
/x
Noun
honing
/x
Noun
ripening
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Noun
entrenchment
x/x
Noun
making
/x
Noun
tensing
/x
Noun
narrowing
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Noun
denaturing
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Noun
fortification
xxx/x
Noun
sweetening
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Noun
maturation
xx/x
Noun
whitening
/xx
Noun
waterproofing
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Noun
embrittlement
x/xx
Noun
withering
/xx
Noun
upgrading
x/x
Noun
modernization
xxx/x
Noun
greening
/x
Noun
ceramics
x/x
Noun
composites
x/x
Noun
resins
/x
Noun
plastics
/x
Noun
stance
/
Noun
polymers
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Noun
mechanism
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Noun
meat
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Noun
skin
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Noun
attitude
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Noun
achieved
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Verb
policy
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Noun
effective
x/x
Adjective
physical
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Adjective
materials
x/xx
Noun
significant
x/xx
Adjective
occurs
x/
Verb
prevent
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Verb
laws
/
Noun
cause
/
Verb
degree
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Noun
result
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Verb
effect
x/
Noun
further
/x
Adjective
considerable
x/xxx
Adjective
lead
/
Verb
general
/xx
Adjective
position
x/x
Noun
process
/x
Noun
blurring
/x
Noun
bunching
/x
Noun
curing
/x
Noun
darkening
/xx
Noun
decrease
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Noun, Verb
densification
xxx/x
Noun
deterioration
x/xxxx
Noun
distortion
x/x
Noun
erosion
x/x
Noun
escalation
xx/x
Noun
gloss
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Noun, Verb
hardness
/x
Noun
loss
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Noun, Verb
resurgence
x/x
Noun
shortening
/xx
Noun
slowing
/x
Noun
upsurge
/x
Noun, Verb
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
die
/
Verb, Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
fall
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Verb, Noun
tell
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Verb, Noun
off
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
expression
x/x
Noun