Hard Line

Definition: Hard Line

Hard Line

Noun

1. A firm and uncompromising stance or position; "the governor took a hard line on drugs".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Crosswords: Hard Line

The Hard Line (1993)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Economic History

Bolivia

Paz Zamora took a fairly hard line against domestic terrorism, personally ordering the December 1990 attack on terrorists of the Nestor Paz Zamora Committee (CNPZ--named after his brother who died in the 1970 Teoponte insurgency) and authorizing the early 1992 crackdown against the Tupac Katari Guerrilla Army (EGTK). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "hard line": hard line merchandise ♦ hard line terminator. Additional references.

Arabic 

‏متصلب (adamant, inexorable, inflexible, intransigent, obdurate, obstinate, relentless, sclerotic, stick in the mud, stubborn, uncompromising, wilful, willful). (various references)

Danish

varige varer (durable goods, durables, hard goods, hard line merchandise), varige goder (durable goods, durables, hard goods, hard line merchandise). (various references)

French

biens durables (hard goods, hard line merchandise). (various references)

German

langlebige Güter (durable goods, durables, hard goods, hard line merchandise). (various references)

Greek 

διαρκή αγαθά (durable goods, durables, hard goods, hard line merchandise). (various references)

Hungarian

radikális (radical), kemény vonalas. (various references)

Italian

beni durevoli (durable goods, durables, hard goods, hard line merchandise). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

強硬論 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きょう�"うろ�". (various references)

Pig Latin

ardhay inelay.(various references)

Romanian

vai, ce ghinion, îmi pare rãu. (various references)

Russian 

жесткая линия. (various references)

Swedish

hårdhandskarna. (various references)

Thai

มีแผนการแน่นอนในการจั�"การกับ (บางคน) (take a hard line (with)). (various references)

Turkish

tâlihsizlik (contretemps, fatality, ill luck, inauspiciousness, infelicity, mischance, misfortune, mishap), sert (acrid, adamant, astringent, austere, bad, bitter, boisterous, bossy, brisk, brutal, cast iron, crusty, cutting, drastic, exact, exacting, fierce, firm, flinty, forbidding, get-tough, granitic, grim, gruff, gusty, hard, hard and fast, hard bitten, hard set, hardening, hard-hitting, harsh, heady, heavy, heavy-handed, hot, ill natured, inclement, incompressible, inelastic, intemperate, iron, ironclad, keen, nappy, pointed, pungent, rigid, rigorous, rough, round, sclerous, severe, sharp, sharp-set, short, short-spoken, shrewd, smart, solid, sound, spanking, spartan, spiky, stand up, starched, starchy, stark, stern, stiff, strict, stringent, strong, surly, tart, tough, unbending, ungentle, unkind, unrelenting, unshaded, unyielding, vehement, violent), katı tutum, katı (callous, emphatic, emphatical, firm, fold, hard, hard and fast, hard boiled, insensitive, ironclad, rigid, sclerous, solid, Square, steel, steely, stern, stiff, strict), şanssızlık (adversity, bad, bad luck, blow, contretemps, hard luck, hoodoo, ill luck, mischance, misfortune, rotten luck, sorrow), ödünsüz davranış, ödünsüz. (various references)

Misspellings

"Hard Line" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: hardline. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: hardline.

-1 letter: handier, handler, hernial, inhaled, inhaler.

-2 letters: aldrin, alined, aliner, ariled, darnel, denari, denial, derail, dialer, hailed, hailer, haired, halide, handle, harden, herald, hernia, hinder, inhale, laired, lander, larine, linear, nailed, nailer, railed, rained, redial, relaid, renail, rhinal.

-3 letters: aider, ailed, aired, alder, alien, aline, anile, ariel, deair, denar, dinar, diner, drail, drain, elain, eland, haled, haler, halid, hared, heard, hider, hilar, hired, ideal, idler, irade, laden, lader, laird, learn, liane, liard, lidar, lined, liner, nadir, naled, nidal, ranid, redan, redia, renal, riled.

-4 letters: aide, airn, anil, arid, aril, dahl, dale, dare, darn, deal, dean, dear, deil, deli, deni, dhal, dial, diel, dine, dire, dirl, earl, earn, elan, elhi, hade, haed, haen, hail, hair, hale, hand, hard, hare, harl, head, heal, hear, heil, heir, held, herd, herl, hern, hide, hied, hila, hind, hire, idea, idle, ilea, ired, lade, laid, lain, lair, land, lane, lard, lari, lead, lean, lear, lehr, lend, liar, lied, lien, lier, line, lira, lire, nail, nard, near, nerd, nide, raid, rail, rain, rale, rand, rani, read, real, rein, rend, rhea, rial, ride, riel, rile, rind.

-5 letters: aid, ail, ain, air, ale, and, ane, ani, are, dah, dal, del, den, die, din, ear, edh, eld, end, era, ern, had, hae, hen, her, hid, hie, hin, ire, lad, lar, lea, led, lei, lid, lie, lin, nae, nah, nil, rad, rah, ran, red, rei, ria, rid, rin.

+1 letter: headliner, heralding, philander.

+2 letters: blandisher, chandelier, disenthral, headliners, highlander, hinterland, inthralled, longhaired, nephridial, philanders, rehandling.

+3 letters: antheridial, blandishers, chandeliers, chandleries, chlorinated, disenthrall, disenthrals, highlanders, hinterlands, hydralazine, lionhearted, philandered, philanderer, philodendra.

+4 letters: chandeliered, cheerleading, childbearing, dechlorinate, disenthralls, dishonorable, harlequinade, hydralazines, malnourished, overhandling, perichondral, philanderers, philandering, stickhandler, stringhalted.

+5 letters: antidiarrheal, brainchildren, candlelighter, cephaloridine, childbearings, dechlorinated, dechlorinates, disenthralled, foolhardiness, grandchildren, harlequinades, hyaluronidase, hydroxylamine, hyperinflated, kindheartedly, landownership, multibranched, nearsightedly, stickhandlers, unchlorinated.

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