Synonyms for hardening
hard·en·ing

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1. hardeningnoun

   abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue

   Synonyms:
   set, solidifying, curing, solidification

2. hardening, solidifying, solidification, set, curingnoun

   the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization

   "the hardening of concrete"; "he tested the set of the glue"

   Synonyms:
   band, set, curing, circle, solidifying, exercise set, lot, solidification, readiness, bent, stage set

3. hardeningnoun

   the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact)

   Synonyms:
   set, solidifying, curing, solidification

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1. • Change Of Integrity
   • Natural Process
   • Symptom

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1. hardeningnoun

   Synonyms:
   induration, habituation, confirmation, solidification, petrifaction, ossification, sclerosis (Med.)

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1. List of paraphrases for "hardening":

   hardiness, curing, tightening, tightening-up, toughening, radicalization, cirrhosis

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1. Hillary Clinton:

   For now, we can say for certain that we need to redouble our efforts to defend our country from threats at home and abroad.That means defeating international terror groups, working with allies and partners to go after them wherever they are, countering their attempts to recruit people here and everywhere, and hardening our defenses at home. It also means refusing to be intimidated and staying true to our values.

2. James Grover Thurber:

   With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure and definite hardening of the paragraphs.

3. Bulent Arinc:

   In the past, when we went onto the street our supporters liked us very much. The opposition...felt respect, now I sense a look of hatred. There is a hardening, a polarization, a division into camps.

4. Daniel Hokanson:

   But at the same time, we need to be smart about how we approach this new posture, unfortunately, we've had in our country other incidents of terrorism both foreign and domestic and we want to look to see what had been the best approaches to hardening without looking like we're hardening our security.

5. Chief Executive Officer James Gorman:

   There's a hardening of attitudes on both sides.