Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Designed or constructed to withstand shellfire.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
bomb-proof .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of resisting bombs or other shells; bombproof.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Resistant toshelling .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective able to resist the explosive force of bombs and shells
Etymologies
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Examples
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We have to question the judgement of UN officials who allowed children onto a site which wasn't even shellproof, and then failed to stop Hamas from launching mortars from the school grounds.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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We have to question the judgement of UN officials who allowed children onto a site which wasn't even shellproof, and then failed to stop Hamas from launching mortars from the school grounds.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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A shellproof flat roof, of perforated plate iron, placed on forged beams, inserted six inches down the cylinder, covers the top.
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We have to question the judgement of UN officials who allowed children onto a site which wasn't even shellproof, and then failed to stop Hamas from launching mortars from the school grounds.
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