harden
Example Sentences
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The service takes technical measures to harden the security of its server network.
From Salon
“It hardened the resolve in the region and cemented the alignment within the Gulf with the U.S.”
From Barron's
The split widens when a labor strike becomes an armed revolt, with Jacir gamely tracking the hardening or shifting loyalties of both her peasant and well-to-do characters.
From Los Angeles Times
In mitigation, David Mason KC said the "hardened criminal" had "completely gone off the rails and got himself in a terrible, terrible situation".
From BBC
We have hardened our infrastructure and built an oil pipeline to bypass the Strait of Hormuz.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
