Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Made proof; specifically, made water-proof: as, proofed silk.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
proof .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective treated so as to become resistant
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Examples
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They went on the grid with “a piece of canvas underneath and over the top, a tailored cover in proofed canvas, leather-bound.”
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I have also received the galleys to be proofed, which is a first for me (and justifies hauling out the userpic which I made a little while ago for matociquala).
1/19/08: Polishing my rocket goloban 2008
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While their governments seems to think that by joining the EMU they will be "shock-proofed," they should just get rid of the "proofed" part and realize that they will shock their citizens into a new kind of indentured servitude.
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The road was supposed to be mine-free -- cleared by Serbs, who poked the earth with long metal rods, checked by U.S. engineers and "proofed" by giant Abrams tanks outfitted with one-ton rollers.
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I don't want to hear the typical rhetoric about shadowy connections to powerful families that all remain nebulous and "proofed" only by an unnecessary multiplying of the variables.
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As is typical in a peacekeeping operation, U.S. soldiers were not directly engaged in the slow, risky work of identifying and clearing those mines, and they were supposed to confine their patrols to routes that had been "proofed," however that could be defined.
Peace is Hell 2001
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As is typical in a peacekeeping operation, U.S. soldiers were not directly engaged in the slow, risky work of identifying and clearing those mines, and they were supposed to confine their patrols to routes that had been "proofed," however that could be defined.
Peace is Hell 2001
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So if i "proofed" [sic] the point that you were wrong, you're welcome. thinkingahead wrote: The conservative candidate, who is a Republican and a very liberal Republican beat the Democrat.
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So if i "proofed" [sic] the point that you were wrong, you're welcome. thinkingahead wrote: The conservative candidate, who is a Republican and a very liberal Republican beat the Democrat.
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Theoretically, electronically crash-proofed cars could also be lighter, since they wouldn't have to carry around as much protective steel armor.
Pedestrian Detection Dan Neil 2011
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