Hard
Hard adverb - With great effort or determination.
In short order and hard are semantically related. In some cases you can use "In short order" instead an adverb "Hard".
In short order
In short order adverb - Without delay.
Hard and in short order are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hard" instead an adverb phrase "In short order".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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In short order, humanity is pushed back to only its inner colonies and Earth itself, with humanity taking roughly twenty three billion casualties (from an estimated pre-war population of over 39 billion), and any hard-won victories doing nothing more than delaying the inevitable.
Source: Hopeless War -
Crippling Overspecialization: Pumping too many points into one stat while neglecting all others is a good way to make the game unplayable in short order for an inexperienced player, or on the Hard difficulty, or both.
Source: Video Game / Alpha Protocol
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