adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
hardened criminals (= criminals who have committed and will continue to commit a lot of crimes )
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Teenagers should not be sent to prison to mix with hardened criminals .
hardened cynics
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Even hardened cynics believe the meeting is a step towards peace.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
most
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An inverted, pirouetting helicopter can make even the most hardened flyer turn into a quivering jelly!
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I will grant the most hardened criminal a reprieve rather than see him hang.
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Even the most hardened commentators appeared shocked by the scale of the devastation.
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Even the most hardened empiricists start off with some idea of how the system might work.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Hardened foes of abortion are unlikely to be persuaded by her arguments.
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Even the most hardened criminal would have been shocked by the brutality of the crime.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An inverted, pirouetting helicopter can make even the most hardened flyer turn into a quivering jelly!
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As a rule, even the more hardened cases respond to authority when they realise the game is up.
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Cancun is not for hardened travellers.
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Even the hardened expert will find something which illuminates in an original way some concept he has long taken for granted.
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Unlike many other adventures, Rex gives you three levels of difficulty to suit both amateurs and hardened adventures.