[
UK
/bˈɒmpɹuːf/
]
ADJECTIVE
-
able to resist the explosive force of bombs and shells
bombproof shelter
NOUN
- a chamber (often underground) reinforced against bombing and provided with food and living facilities; used during air raids
VERB
- make safe against bombings
How To Use bombproof In A Sentence
- This is typical of Clare's bombproof organisational skills.
- The latest crop of shell pants are featherweight, bombproof, and cut for freedom of movement.
- The products that on paper seemed to be bombproof and virtually inert turned out to be part of a system that propagates mold, mildew, and rot.
- 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
- Her bombproof is three inches thick, and is made of wrought iron. The American Iron-Clad Vessels
- 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
- The switch improved the throughput of the system, and the package was bombproof (although we avoided using that particular phrase in airport security lines).
- And I've turned him round with help from a lot of other people, into a horse that's almost bombproof out on the street.
- I chose these pads based on stability of landing platform, protection against the ground, durability, ease of operation, and the overall bombproof factor.
- Because my pup was exposed to this training and socialising every day she is bombproof with children.