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Definition of battle-hardened adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

battle-hardened

adjective
 
/ˈbætl hɑːdnd/
 
/ˈbætl hɑːrdnd/
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  1. (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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