Established
Established adjective - Brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established.
Hardened and established are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hardened" instead an adjective "Established".
Nearby Words: establishment, establishing
Hardened
Hardened adjective - Able to withstand hardship, strain, or exposure.
Established and hardened are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Established" instead an adjective "Hardened".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- habitual and established
- habitual and hardened
- accustomed and established
- accustomed and hardened
- set and established
- set and hardened
- firm and established
- firm and hardened
- fixed and established
- fixed and hardened
- inflexible and established
- inflexible and hardened
- rigid and established
- rigid and hardened
Both words in one sentence
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Her younger self, while still stupendously powerful, naïvely held out for a cure to the Plague where far more experienced and hardened Forumers had established the impossibility of doing so.
Source: Skilled, but Naïve - There are also more mercenaries than people who can hire them, though by their behavior, it's established that the largest mercenary group, Talon company does more raider work against hardened wealthy targets like super mutants and brotherhood of steel than actually filling contracts.
Source: More Criminals Than Targets
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