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What does toughened mean?

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  1. simple past tense and past participle of toughen
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Kirby came of age in the 1930s, was toughened by his Depression boyhood and perhaps scarred by his frontline experiences in World War Two.
We have increased the numbers of police to record numbers, toughened the law on everything from rape to benefit fraud.
When single panes of toughened glass are used overhead such failure can have dangerous consequences.
Cages for beasts like tigers and lions are made of toughened glass with green plants inside.
But after The Big Breakfast she had toughened up and developed a more ruthless survivalist streak.
The thieves, says the proprietor, must have used a sledgehammer to break the toughened glass to gain access.

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