as in ruthless
having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings
an indurate heart that admits no love or mercy
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as in to freeze
to become physically firm or solid
clay that had been indurated by long exposure to the summer sun
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as in to strengthen
to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposure
such a brutal upbringing could only callous his soul and indurate his heart to the suffering of others
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Recent Examples of indurate
Scott Bradfield, The New Republic, 24 Jan. 2023
Adjective
His characters strive to achieve things—such as love, self-command, or financial success—but those efforts are made ironic in the face of a world that, while sometimes beautiful to look at, remains indurate to human happiness.
—Scott Bradfield, The New Republic, 24 Jan. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indurate
Adjective
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Rendezvous Views The Island has been infused with an abundance of Bars, and now every opportunist is out to hit the jackpot including the ruthless crime kingpin Fletcher Kane.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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Be ruthless with your time Top performers who guard their calendar like their bank account report higher satisfaction levels and better business outcomes.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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Cabbage, celery, and tomatoes can be frozen in soups or casseroles.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
25 Feb. 2025
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But nearly all that money has been frozen by federal spending pauses targeting DEI, environmental justice, and clean-energy initiatives.—
Alana Semuels,
TIME,
25 Feb. 2025
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Your healthcare team may recommend medications to strengthen the bones.—
Carrie Madormo, RN,
Health,
21 Feb. 2025
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Kyiv has focused on strengthening its negotiating position as the United States and Russia open talks on ending the war — with or without Ukraine’s involvement.—
Andrew E. Kramer,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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The most intriguing of the Japanese cast is Kasamatsu (a principal character on Max’s Tokyo Vice) as Major Nakamura, a thoughtful man who seems resistant to Colonel Kota’s instruction to be more merciless.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Feb. 2025
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The temptation is too much for a merciless monarch to resist and she's briefed on the details of the team's counter-terrorism assignment.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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Teen Shauna is hardened by the brutal losses of winter, and adult Taissa responds differently to reminders of the wilderness with Van by her side.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
14 Feb. 2025
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My eyes were hardening around the edges, just like my heart.—
Rachel DeSantis,
People.com,
12 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Over the course of these pictures, Mad Max himself has gone from a man who has lost everything to an existential ghost, a quiet and stony figure with no past and no future.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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Needless to say, the comments were met with a stony silence in Europe, and were the strongest signal yet of a widening ideological and geopolitical rift between the two powers since President Donald Trump came to power.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
15 Feb. 2025
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But Miami’s defense stiffened considerably late in the game and in both overtimes.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
28 Jan. 2025
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Suddenly, Arlo’s eyes rolled back and his body stiffened.—
Pamela Colloff,
ProPublica,
29 Dec. 2024
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Sandoval has received some pay bumps, including a temporary $10,000-a-year bonus for Hawaii special education teachers designed to alleviate shortages in that and other hard-to-staff areas.—
Alia Wong,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2023
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Whether those numbers are an overstatement, or possibly an understatement, is hard to say.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
13 Feb. 2023
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“Indurate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indurate. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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