- reinforced, strengthened - given added strength or support; "reinforced concrete contains steel bars or metal netting"
Antonym: weak (indirect, via strong)
- built, reinforced - (used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness; "the built liquid detergents"
Antonym: unimproved (indirect, via improved)
- reinforce, reenforce - make stronger; "he reinforced the concrete"
--1 is one way to strengthen, beef up, fortify
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun reinforcement4, noun reinforcement1
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- reinforce, reward - strengthen and support with rewards; "Let's reinforce good behavior"
--2 is one way to teach, learn, instruct
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun reinforcement3, noun reinforcement5, noun reinforcer1
Somebody ----s something