harden
Example Sentences
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"It could harden the resolve of the regime and its still-large support base across the country. A rallying around the flag wouldn't be shocking," he said.
From BBC
Defense companies use antimony to harden bullets and strengthen armor-penetrating projectiles, while gallium is critical to the production of semiconductors.
But avalanche snow, which can start out loose and fluffy, consolidates quickly, hardening like concrete.
From Los Angeles Times
But good intentions can harden into dogma, and instead of helping people work through conflicted feelings, practitioners doubled down on the proposition that any desire for change was evidence of internalized harm.
What began a week ago with Tehran shopkeepers has spread nationwide and hardened into anti-regime demonstrations.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
