battle-hardened
adjective/ˈbætl hɑːdnd/
/ˈbætl hɑːrdnd/
- (of soldiers) having experience of war and therefore effective at fighting battles
- Their conscript army stood no chance against the allies’ battle-hardened veterans.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBattle-hardened is used with these nouns:- veteran
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