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- noun Plural form of
bombproof .
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Examples
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Bavarian infantry stormed Fort 10, in which all "bombproofs" except one had been made heaps of débris by the action of the heavy artillery.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 Various
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In one of the two vaulted chambers of masonry which were dignified with the title of "bombproofs,"
The Raid from Beausejour; and How the Carter Boys Lifted the Mortgage Charles George Douglas Roberts 1901
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Climbing out of their cellars and bombproofs, the sheltering people looked up as if surprised to see the sun return.
'The Bonfire' 2009
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They thought they had bombproofs because the Governor stood up to even Jeff Davis and refused to send them to Virginia.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
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They thought they had bombproofs because the Governor stood up to even Jeff Davis and refused to send them to Virginia.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
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They thought they had bombproofs because the Governor stood up to even Jeff Davis and refused to send them to Virginia.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
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They thought they had bombproofs because the Governor stood up to even Jeff Davis and refused to send them to Virginia.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
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They thought they had bombproofs because the Governor stood up to even Jeff Davis and refused to send them to Virginia.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
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The road plunged through a forest, occasionally they passed a soldier plodding through the snow, then emerged along the base of a ridge honeycombed with dug-outs and bombproofs on its sheltered side.
The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces
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Although the guns and emplacements were shattered the bombproofs and ammunition chambers remained intact, and, running back, formed a perfect network of trenches and entanglements right around the semicircular valley.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 Various
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