Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Designed and constructed to resist destruction by a bomb.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Strong enough to resist the impact and explosive force of bombs or shells striking on the outside.
- noun In fortification, a structure of such design and strength as to resist the penetration and the shattering force of shells.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Secure against the explosive force of bombs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
air-raid shelter , a structure designed to give protection againstair raids andbombs . - adjective Sufficiently
strong to resist the effects of ablast from abomb .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a chamber (often underground) reinforced against bombing and provided with food and living facilities; used during air raids
- verb make safe against bombings
- adjective able to resist the explosive force of bombs and shells
Etymologies
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Examples
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Her bombproof is three inches thick, and is made of wrought Iron.
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Her bombproof is three inches thick, and is made of wrought iron.
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I haven't purchased the Picatinney tactical rings and bases, but they look relatively "bombproof" for bolt actions of thirty caliber or greater.
What brand scope rings do you trust to hold your optics in place? 2009
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I haven't purchased the Picatinney tactical rings and bases, but they look relatively "bombproof" for bolt actions of thirty caliber or greater.
What brand scope rings do you trust to hold your optics in place? 2009
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The disappearance of 600 relatively new and "bombproof" trash cans from downtown streets has left some New Orleanians with a few questions.
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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The disappearance of 600 relatively new and "bombproof" trash cans from downtown streets has left some New Orleanians with a few questions.
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Fortunately it was not hit while we were there, although many large shells fell very near; but when I again passed that way, just a week later, I noticed that a big shell had gone through our carefully prepared "bombproof" and completely wrecked it.
The Emma Gees Herbert Wes McBride
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Every few minutes the front row is allowed to go to the supergate, a window that looks bombproof, where some kind of attendant studies your face and forms and gives you a visitor pass to enter the embassy building.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
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Even the supposedly bombproof real estate market in Washington DC lost about $60,000 on a $250,000 house back when the defense budget was merely reduced a little bit back in 1990.
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It would be one race [I'd like to win], but that's unrealistic at the moment because the favourite [Big Buck's, likely to be ridden by Ruby Walsh] looks bombproof.
World Hurdle the target for Tony McCoy after bagging National set 2011
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