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tempered
adjective
Made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment
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adjective
Made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment
“A sword of tempered steel”
adjective
Adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element
“Criticism tempered with kindly sympathy”
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A sword of tempered steel
Tempered glass
Criticism tempered with kindly sympathy
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