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adjective

Definition of case-hardenednext
as in ruthless
having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings a case-hardened homicide detective who has seen it all

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case-hardened

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verb

past tense of case-harden
as in tempered

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  1. ruthless
  2. merciless
  3. stony
Adjective
  • The lawyer who normally practices in New York is gregarious, quick with a joke and always happy to talk to the media, but can be ruthless in cross-examination.
    Andrew Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
  • City are going through some stuff, Arsenal aren’t ruthless enough, Chelsea are wobbling, teams will figure out how to beat Nottingham Forest soon enough, Newcastle are the form team now but are an Alexander Isak injury away from trouble.
    Carl Anka, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of ruthless
Adjective
  • The community that had long been home to hundreds of entertainment industry workers was engulfed by a wildfire whipped into a merciless inferno by 80-mile an hour winds.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Scarcity of food and clean water have become merciless tormentors, and the numbers tell a story that words cannot fully convey.
    Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of merciless
Adjective
  • In historical times such fields were called ‘stony fields’ by farmers.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
  • One is a stony oubliette with crystals growing out of the walls.
    Erin Alberty, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of stony
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