Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of rendering fire-proof: as, the fireproofing of cloth.
- noun Material for use in making anything fireproof.
- noun Any building material used to retard or prevent the destruction of a building by heat or flame.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or process of rendering anything incombustible; also, the materials used in the process.
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- verb Present participle of
fireproof .
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Examples
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It would make sense that they did because of the force (fireproofing is not designed for wind or high impact loads:).
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New high-rise buildings keep going up, and India's rollout of 3G mobile phones calls for fireproofing the new telecom infrastructure.
Smoke Detector Anuradha Raghunathan 2011
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Asbestos was frequently used for insulation and fireproofing, and was common in a variety of building materials and other products, until a wave of people diagnosed with lung diseases linked to asbestos exposure began seeking compensation for their ailments.
AIG Unloads Asbestos Liabilities; Buffett Gets 'Float' Erik Holm 2011
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Such alternative materials could have been spray-on nano-thermites substituted for intumescent paint or Interchar-like fireproofing primers (NASA 2006).
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Such alternative materials could have been spray-on nano-thermites substituted for intumescent paint or Interchar-like fireproofing primers (NASA 2006).
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For instance, developer Larry Silverstein installed in 7 World Trade Center a fireproofing material used to protect the steel structure that is 10 times as adhesive and 50% more fire-resistant than required by building codes.
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Brickman is an expert on asbestos litigation, where scores of companies have been forced into bankruptcy by thinly documented claims from people who claim exposure to the deadly fireproofing material.
BP's Legal Blowout 2010
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The amazing correlation between floors of impact and floors of apparent failure suggests that spray-on nano-thermite materials may have been applied to the steel components of the WTC buildings, underneath the upgraded fireproofing (Ryan 2008).
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Brickman is an expert on asbestos litigation, where scores of companies have been forced into bankruptcy by thinly documented claims from people who claim exposure to the deadly fireproofing material.
BP's Legal Blowout 2010
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The amazing correlation between floors of impact and floors of apparent failure suggests that spray-on nano-thermite materials may have been applied to the steel components of the WTC buildings, underneath the upgraded fireproofing (Ryan 2008).
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