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hardening of the arteries


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hardening
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Sense: modif.
Synonyms:
stiffening, solidifying, freezing Collocations
Sense: n.
Synonyms:
setting Collocations, solidification


harden
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Sense: To make less pervious
Synonyms:
steel Collocations, temper Collocations, anneal, solidify, make callous, make firm, make compact, make tight, make hard, congeal, ossify, petrify, cure Collocations, bake Collocations, compact, fire Collocations, toughen, compress, stiffen, thicken
Antonyms:
soften, melt Collocations, liquefy, thaw Collocations, decompress
Sense: To become less penetrable
Synonyms:
solidify, congeal, jell, become dense, petrify, ossify, freeze over, set Collocations, firm Collocations, contract Collocations, freeze Collocations, stiffen, thicken
Antonyms:
soften, melt Collocations, liquefy, thaw Collocations, decompress
Sense: To toughen
Synonyms:
acclimate, acclimatize, habituate, inure, season Collocations, make callous, make unfeeling, embitter, brutalize, render insensitive, render insensible, render unimpressible
Antonyms:
soften, debilitate, decapacitate, weaken Collocations, break down, wear out, impair Collocations


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