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bombproof en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɒm.pɹuːf/

Etymology

Etymology tree French bombebor. English bomb English -proof English bombproof From bomb + -proof.

Meanings

1. Sufficiently strong to resist the effects of a blast from a bomb.
   • bombproof buildings
2. (figuratively, informal) Very sturdy; as if built to resist the effects of a blast from a bomb.
   • Steve's steel-frame mountain bike is heavy and slow, but it's bombproof.

Forms

Synonyms

shellproof

Translations (10)

fi pomminkestävä (sufficiently strong to resist the effects of a blast from a bomb) · nb bombesikker (sufficiently strong to resist the effects of a blast from a bomb) · it a prova di bomba (sufficiently strong to resist the effects of a blast from a bomb) · hu bombabiztos (sufficiently strong to resist the effects of a blast from a bomb) · pl bomboodporny (sufficiently strong to resist the effects of a blast from a bomb) · nn bombesikker (sufficiently strong to resist the effects of a blast from a bomb) · nl bomvrij (sufficiently strong to resist the effects of a blast from a bomb) · sv bombsäker (sufficiently strong to resist the effects of a blast from a bomb) · es a prueba de bombas (sufficiently strong to resist the effects of a blast from a bomb) · de bombensicher (sufficiently strong to resist the effects of a blast from a bomb)

bombproof en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɒm.pɹuːf/

Etymology

Etymology tree French bombebor. English bomb English -proof English bombproof From bomb + -proof.

Meanings

1. An air-raid shelter, a structure designed to give protection against air raids and bombs.
   • It mounted a 10-inch Columbiad and two 32-pounders on the sea face, with field guns and other 32-pounders elsewhere. In addition to this armament, it contained two bombproofs. 2014, Kevin Dougherty, Military Leadership Lessons of the Charleston Campaign, 1861-1865:
   • At night, when the Federal guns slowed their fire, the men created new traverses and bombproofs. 1994, Stephen R. Wise, Gate of Hell: Campaign for Charleston Harbor, 1863, page 160:
   • As I waded through the mud to go down into the bombproof, it struck me uneasily that our officers glanced at each other. 1915, Edward Lyell Fox, Behind the Scenes in Warring Germany:

Forms

Synonyms

air-raid shelter · bomb shelter

bombproof en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɒm.pɹuːf/

Etymology

Etymology tree French bombebor. English bomb English -proof English bombproof From bomb + -proof.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To make resistant to bomb blasts.

Forms