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RUGGEDISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ruggedise mean?
• RUGGEDISE (verb)
The verb RUGGEDISE has 1 sense:
1. produce in a version designed to withstand rough usage
Familiarity information: RUGGEDISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they ruggedise ... he / she / it ruggedises
Past simple: ruggedised
Past participle: ruggedised
-ing form: ruggedising
... he / she / it ruggedises Past simple: ruggedised
Past participle: ruggedised
-ing form: ruggedising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Produce in a version designed to withstand rough usage
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
ruggedise; ruggedize
Context example:
Detroit ruggedized the family car
Hypernyms (to "ruggedise" is one way to...):
beef up; fortify; strengthen (make strong or stronger)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Derivation:
ruggedisation (the act of making a piece of equipment rugged (strengthening to resist wear or abuse))
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