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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
  • Peyser covered the high-profile trial for the Post as a columnist, spending every day in court in order to produce a series of ruthless front-page takes about the Stewart scandal.
    David Mack, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The standoff between Blanche’s impractical aestheticism and Stanley’s ruthless pragmatism is the heart of this quintessentially American drama.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of ruthless
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  • Their idea involved merciless kills, a chainsaw, a group of youths and a homicidal family with a craving for human flesh; all set against the backdrop of a sunny, countryside day giving way to a nightmarish evening.
    Sydney Bishop, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
  • For most of them, the rigors of fighting on the eastern front only increased the value of fighting a merciless war—Hitler's war.
    Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of merciless
Adjective
  • These vines, rooted deep in the stony soil, embody the character of the land and its native flora.
    John Mariani, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Some trails that probe this stony playground are Granite Gardens, Constellation, Centennial and Watson Lake Loop.
    Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2024
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