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toughened

Definitions of toughened
  1. adjective
    physically toughened
    synonyms: tough
    rugged
    sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring
    experienced, experient
    having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation
    strong
    having strength or power greater than average or expected
    callous, calloused, callused, thickened
    having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear
    enured, hardened, inured
    made tough by habitual exposure
    weather-beaten
    tanned and coarsened from being outdoors
  2. adjective
    made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment
    synonyms: hardened, tempered, treated
    curable
    capable of being hardened by some additive or other agent
    sunbaked
    baked or hardened by exposure to sunlight; not burned
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