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tightened

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of tighten

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Closest in meaning: demanding, secure, adjusted, aggravated, aggravating, assured, augmented, bolstered, boosted, buttressed, clamped, compounded, compressed, consolidated, constrained, cured

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@misc{tightened_2026,
  title = {tightened},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tightened},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}