Harden Synonyms and Antonyms

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To become less penetrable
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. indurate
  2. acclimate
  3. congeal
  4. freeze
  5. cake
  6. solidify
  7. fossilize
  8. petrify
  9. settle
  10. ossify
  11. coagulate
  12. firm
  13. inure
  14. stiffen
  15. set
  16. temper
  17. season
  18. thicken
  19. toughen
  20. jell
  21. become dense
  22. fix
  23. become fast
  24. acclimatize
  25. accustom
  26. bake
  27. brace
  28. freeze-over
  29. brutalize
  30. caseharden
  31. cement
  32. climatize
  33. clot
  34. concrete
  35. condense
  36. embitter
  37. endure
  38. enure
  39. curdle
  40. fortify
  41. close
  42. gel
  43. contract
  44. sear
  45. steel
  46. strengthen
Antonyms:
  1. soften
  2. liquefy
  3. thaw
  4. unloose
  5. melt
  6. spoil
  7. weaken
  8. debilitate
  9. be intolerant
  10. indulge
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To put a shell around a computer to protect it from intruders. To harden a system, the following techniques need to be done: The Operating System Software and the exposed services should be patched with the latest security fixes; the defaults should be removed; all unnecessary services should be shut down; and packet-filtering software should be installed. To put a shell around a computer to protect it from intruders. To harden a system, the following techniques need to be done: The Operating System Software and the exposed services should be patched with the latest security fixes; the defaults should be removed; all unnecessary services should be shut down; and packet-filtering software should be installed. Graham, R. Hacking Lexicon. [Online, 2001.] Robert Graham Website. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/resource_files/documentation/hacking-dict.html.
Synonyms:
  1. acclimate
  2. acclimatize
  3. season
  4. toughen

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Harden Sentence Examples

  • This gives the cookie a chance to harden and dry out again.

  • He watched her with an intensity that made her blood quicken and her nipples harden.

  • The bones of the middle ear have also begun to harden.

  • Let the chocolate harden, and pipe on zigzags and other patterns with pastel shades of royal icing.

  • You can let it cool and harden and then make little balls out of it.

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