ruggedise

1. 1.

   produce in a version designed to withstand rough usage

   “Detroit ruggedized the family car”

   Synonymsruggedize

   Broaderstrengthen

Other forms of ruggedise

past tense

ruggedised·

present participle

ruggedising·

third person

ruggedises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ruggedise

What does ruggedise mean?

ruggedise means "produce in a version designed to withstand rough usage".

How many syllables are in ruggedise?

ruggedise has 3 syllables: rug-ge-dise. The stress falls on "rug".

What is another word for ruggedise?

Close synonyms include ruggedize. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ruggedise a common word?

ruggedise is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.