battle-hardened
Adjective
Meaning
battle-hardened (comparative more battle-hardened, superlative most battle-hardened)
(literally and figuratively) Unfeeling or lacking emotion due to experience in battle; callous.
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Examples
An instant signature, it was a highlight of 1975’s (where Marley added the indelible “wo-yo-yo-yo” chant), and frequently led the battle-hardened troika that capped many of Marley’s late-Seventies concerts, appearing alongside “War” and “Exodus.”
Both in Cambodia and in Laos, the heavily armed and battle-hardened People's Army of Vietnam were a valuable ally to the Pathet Lao and the Khmer Rouge forces, providing economic and military aid, also with new weapons, technologies and intelligence.
French paratroopers of the elite Regiment de Parachutistes Coloniaux (RPC) were extremely experienced, battle-hardened, and very tough soldiers, who had greatly distinguished themselves in the fighting in Indochina and in Algeria.
It was not until word of France's ratification of emancipation arrived back in the colony that Toussaint Louverture and his corps of well disciplined, battle-hardened former slaves came over to the French Republican side in early May 1794.
Headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, Lore IO was founded by veterans of WalmartLabs, and battle-hardened in highly performant transaction environments.
Detective Bill Hodges is a battle-hardened and streetwise crime fighter originally assigned to the Mercedes killings.