Did they look like hardened fighters?

Thirty hardened fighters of the underworld were in readiness.

Not only were women sent out to spread Shining Path teachings, but they were among the first hardened fighters.

This created linkages among hardened Muslim fighters worldwide.

The government had created a special task force, a group of hardened military fighters to oppose the Tigers and the other rebel groups.

So sorting out whom to negotiate with has become a major embarrassment for the government, especially as the first hardened fighters began demobilizing recently in the north.

On the wall, he had opened the terrific attack that had downed an entire mob of hardened fighters.

A hardened fighter, being blinded did little to dull his fighting edge and he was still capable of snapping a Geek's neck with his bare hands.

Falluja, he said, had a significantly higher proportion of hardened and skilled fighters.

They have encountered hardened fighters, most of them Afghans but some foreign fighters, including Arabs and Pakistanis.