Battle-hardened

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Unfeeling or lacking emotion due to experience in battle; callous. figuratively, literally

    "Andy Lord has been at TfL for three years. He joined as managing director of London Underground in 2019, and subsequently became chief operating officer. But he was already battle-hardened by seven years as operations director for British Airways - the longest tenure of anyone in that similarly demanding role."

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"Tom is really battle-hardened. Nothing fazes him, no matter what anyone tells him."

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