ruggedize, ruggedise
(verb) produce in a version designed to withstand rough usage; “Detroit ruggedized the family car”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ruggedize (third-person singular simple present ruggedizes, present participle ruggedizing, simple past and past participle ruggedized)
To produce a more rugged version of something, so that it will withstand rough treatment
Source: Wiktionary
18 May 2025
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
