Definition of "cementing" [cementing]

• Present participle of cement. (verb)

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• "Nearly every time, those efforts ran into GOP leadership that was only involved in cementing its power … and nothing else."
• "The hostage-takers Bowden spoke with expressed little regret at their seizure of the embassy, but most, like Mirdamadi, lamented the role they played in cementing the repressive rule of the clerics."
• "What an invaluable factor in cementing relations within the Empire that sentiment is!"