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supersecure en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English secure English supersecure From super- + secure.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Having an extremely high level of security.
    • Those include 9 detention centers that hold defendants awaiting trial, 21 high-security penitentiaries and a supersecure prison in Florence, Colo., where several convicted terrorists are already locked up. 2009 January 24, Mark Mazzetti, “Where Will Guantánamo Detainees Go?”, in New York Times: