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harder-hitting

harder-hitting is the comparative form of hard-hitting.

Meaning of hard-hitting

Adjective

hard-hitting (comparative more hard-hitting or harder-hitting, superlative most hard-hitting or hardest-hitting)

  1. Aggressively vigorous or forceful.
    • A packed schedule of 13 different inquiries ranged from parking on pavements to filling potholes, plus a hard-hitting examination of the Government's proposed Airports National Policy Statement and its recommendation to grant approval for a third runway to be built at Heathrow.2020 June 3, Lilian Greenwood talks to Paul Stephen, “Rail's 'underlying challenges' remain”, in Rail, page 33

Questions about harder-hitting

What is harder-hitting the comparative form of?
Harder-hitting is the comparative form of hard-hitting.

Words near harder-hitting in the dictionary

  1. harder put
  2. harder than Chinese math
  3. harder working
  4. harder-earned
  5. harder-hit
  6. harder-hitting
  7. harder-won
  8. harder-working
  9. harderian
  10. Harderian gland
  11. Harderian glands

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