Definition of "tenderized" [tenderized]

• Simple past tense and past participle of tenderize. (verb)

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• "The tough, stringy gristle of the child psyche is tenderized, and, after prolonged broiling, at the maw of bedtime, child flesh goes down easy."
• "Feeling sufficiently tenderized, I returned to my room, called "Trixie" after of course one of the horses on the estate."
• "By the time the cops got there the bad guy was pretty well tenderized and I was worried about getting charged with assault!"