rigidifying
Causing to harden
Rigidifying is making something rigid or inflexible.
The term applies to physical processes—a material rigidifying as it cools or cures—and to abstractions: The committee kept rigidifying its requirements until no one could qualify.
Often carries a critical tone, suggesting excessive or counterproductive inflexibility.
Making more robust
- bracingRefreshingly keen or stimulating
- buttressingSupporting from the side
- shoringTemporary structural support
- trussingSecuring with cord
framing · scaffolding · webbing · laminating · compositing · ribbing · stiffening · supporting
Controlled heating and cooling
- annealingHeat-softening of metals
- casehardeningHardening metal's exterior only
- vulcanizingHardening rubber with heat
- curingRestoring health or preserving
strengthening · toughening · fortifying · reinforcing · consolidating · stabilizing · galvanizing · quenching
Making or becoming taut
- tauteningIncreasing tension in something
- tighteningMaking less loose
- bracingRefreshingly keen or stimulating
- starchingApplying stiffener to fabric
sizing · immobilizing · splinting · straightening · locking · seizing · binding · contracting
Forming into crystals
- coagulatingSolidifying from liquid state
- congealingThickening into solid
- gellingBecoming solid or unified
- thickeningIncreasing in density
curdling · clotting · freezing · setting · gelatinizing · jellifying · precipitating · agglomerating
reinforcing
Making more robust
- bracingRefreshingly keen or stimulating
- buttressingSupporting from the side
- shoringTemporary structural support
trussing · framing · scaffolding · webbing · laminating · compositing · ribbing · stiffening · supporting
tempering
Controlled heating and cooling
- annealingHeat-softening of metals
- casehardeningHardening metal's exterior only
- vulcanizingHardening rubber with heat
curing · strengthening · toughening · fortifying · reinforcing · consolidating · stabilizing · galvanizing · quenching · setting
tensing
Making or becoming taut
- tauteningIncreasing tension in something
- tighteningMaking less loose
- bracingRefreshingly keen or stimulating
starching · sizing · immobilizing · splinting · straightening · locking · seizing · binding · contracting · flexing
crystallizing
Forming into crystals
- coagulatingSolidifying from liquid state
- congealingThickening into solid
- gellingBecoming solid or unified
thickening · curdling · clotting · freezing · setting · gelatinizing · jellifying · precipitating · agglomerating · calcifying
- hardeninghardening, stiffening, solidification, solidifying, setting
rigidifyingsoftening
Becoming less firm
loosening · relaxing · flexing · limbering · liquefying
rigidifyingloosening
Reducing tightness or tension
relaxing · liberalizing · deregulating · opening up · decentralizing
rigidifyingopening
Gap or start
loosening · softening · liberalizing · relaxing · broadening
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