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battle-tested

battle-tested adjective: which has been tested on the battleground.

Adjective

battle-tested

  1. Which has been tested on the battleground.
  2. (figuratively) Which has been successfully put to the test in a real-life situation, in conditions of real use.

Synonyms of battle-tested

Questions about battle-tested

What does battle-tested mean?
Battle-tested means which has been tested on the battleground.
What part of speech is battle-tested?
Battle-tested is an adjective.

Words near battle-tested in the dictionary

  1. battle-royale
  2. battle-sark
  3. battle-sarks
  4. battle-scarred
  5. battle-sharp
  6. battle-tested
  7. battle-twig
  8. battle-twigs
  9. battleax
  10. battleaxe
  11. battleaxes

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