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case-hardened

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verb

past tense of case-harden

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for case-hardened
Adjective
  • Son Hee is one half of a ruthless twin assassin duo, working alongside his brother Bacho.
    Allison DeGrushe Published, EW.com, 14 July 2025
  • Her 6-0, 6-0 rout at the hands of a ruthless Iga Świątek was a reminder that no sport is more psychologically brutal than tennis.
    Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 12 July 2025
Adjective
  • Frank Trapper / Contributor/Corbis Entertainment Lydia is a high-ranking and merciless executive at Madrigal Electromotive who helps supply Walt's meth operation.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
  • While Charlie Brown played things safe, Snoopy lived an exuberant life in his imagination, casting himself as a frustrated novelist, gleeful dancer, merciless attorney and even a prolific flying ace in a World War I Sopwith Camel.
    Chris Carra, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • And most of those business people tend to have rather stony, cold, dead eyes.
    Andrew Tobias, Vulture, 7 July 2025
  • The reef is home to 45 species of stony corals, according to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and 6,000 species of marine line total.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 3 July 2025
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“Case-hardened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/case-hardened. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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