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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(metallurgy) Of metal: harder at its surface, due to a case hardening process..
Even a case-hardened monorailist must blench at the thought of the storm such a proposition would create.
Use case-hardened when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Case-hardened means (metallurgy) Of metal: harder at its surface, due to a case hardening process..
Common synonyms include hard, hardened, hard-boiled.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Even a case-hardened monorailist must blench at the thought of the storm such a proposition would create.
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