| obsolete |
| 1. adj. (of words, equipment, etc.) No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often by preference for something newer, which replaces the subject). | |
| It is speculated that, within a few years, the Internet's speedy delivery of news worldwide will make newspapers obsolete. | |
| 2. adj. (biology) Imperfectly developed; not very distinct. | |
| 3. v. (transitive, US) To cause to become obsolete. | |
| This software component has been obsoleted. | |
| We are in the process of obsoleting this product. | |
| physically |
| 1. adv. In a physical manner. | |
| 2. adv. According to the laws of physics. | |
| 3. adv. Using physical force. | |
| 4. adv. (obsolete) According to the rules of medicine. | |
| He that lives physically must live miserably. — Cheyne. | |
| hardened |
| 1. v. simple past tense and past participle of harden | |
| 2. adj. Unfeeling or lacking emotion due to experience; callous. | |
| * The bloody scene could reduce even the most hardened soldier to tears. | |
| harden |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To become hard (tough, resistant to pressure). | |
| 2. v. (transitive, ergative) To make something hard or harder (tough, resistant to pressure). | |
| 3. v. (transitive, figurative) To strengthen. | |
| 4. v. (transitive, computing) To modify (a website or other system) to make it resistant to malicious attacks. | |
| 5. v. (ambitransitive, dated) To become or make (a person or thing) resistant or less sensitive. | |
| 6. v. (ambitransitive, phonology) To become or make (a consonant) more fortis. | |
| 7. n. alt form, hurden, , coarse linen | |
| toughened |
| 1. v. simple past tense and past participle of toughen | |
| toughen |
| 1. v. To make tough. | |
| 2. v. (intransitive) To become tough. | |
