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Meaning of case-hardened | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Of metal: harder at its surface, due to a case hardening process.
Hardened by experience.
broadly, figuratively

Examples

“Even a case-hardened monorailist must blench at the thought of the storm such a proposition would create.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

case-to-case caseate casebearing casebook casebound cased