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case-hardened

Adjective

having been made callous by experience: a case-hardened senior policewoman

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case-hardened - used of persons; emotionally hardened; "faced a case-hardened judge"

hardened, hard-boiled

hard - dispassionate; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer";

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case-hardened [ˈkeɪshɑːdnd] case adj (fig) → abgebrüht (inf)

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