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Case-hardened

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Adjective

1. case-hardened, hard-boiled, hardened

used of persons; emotionally hardened

Example Sentences:
'faced a case-hardened judge'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Case-hardened

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verb (transitive)
1. metallurgy
to form a hard surface layer of high carbon content on (a steel component) by heating in a carburizing environment with subsequent quenching or heat treatment
2. 
to harden the spirit or disposition of; make callous
experience had case-hardened the judge

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