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                    as in hardening
                                                
              
          
                                                      to increase the ability of (as a muscle) to exert physical force                                       
              
                             lifting weights every day will eventually strengthen your muscles                                       the army makes new recruits run for miles in order to strengthen them                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in fortifying
                                                
              
          
                                                      to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposure                                       
              
                             required weeks of physical therapy to strengthen his arm enough to pitch for the team again                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in deepening
                                                
              
          
                                                      to make markedly greater in measure or degree                                       
              
                             encouraged the boarding school students to strengthen their ties with the community by doing public service                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in bracing
                                                
              
          
                                                      to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally                                       
              
                             strengthened herself for the moment she'd have to tell her friend that she had lost the borrowed necklace                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
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                    as in stiffening
                                                
              
          
                                                      to make more harsh, uncompromising, or severe                                       
              
                             a bill was introduced to strengthen punishments for hate crimes                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
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as in reviving
                                                                                                                                                    
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as in increase
                                                                                                                                                    
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