Etymology

From bomb +‎ -proofCategory:English terms suffixed with -proof#BOMBPROOF.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɒm.pɹuːf/Category:English 2-syllable words#BOMBPROOFCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BOMBPROOF

Adjective

bombproof (comparative more bombproof, superlative most bombproof)Category:English lemmas#BOMBPROOFCategory:English adjectives#BOMBPROOFCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BOMBPROOFCategory:Pages with entries#BOMBPROOFCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BOMBPROOF

1. Sufficiently strong to resist the effects of a blast from a bomb.

   bombproof buildings

2. (informalCategory:English informal terms#BOMBPROOF, figurative) 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.Category:English terms with usage examples#BOMBPROOF

Noun

bombproof (plural bombproofs)Category:English lemmas#BOMBPROOFCategory:English nouns#BOMBPROOFCategory:English countable nouns#BOMBPROOFCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BOMBPROOFCategory:Pages with entries#BOMBPROOFCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BOMBPROOF

1. An air-raid shelter, a structure designed to give protection against air raids and bombs.
   • 1915, Edward Lyell Fox, Behind the Scenes in Warring Germany:

     As I waded through the mud to go down into the bombproof, it struck me uneasily that our officers glanced at each other.

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   • 1994, Stephen R. Wise, Gate of Hell: Campaign for Charleston Harbor, 1863, page 160:

     At night, when the Federal guns slowed their fire, the men created new traverses and bombproofs.

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   • 2014, Kevin Dougherty, Military Leadership Lessons of the Charleston Campaign, 1861-1865:

     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.

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Verb

bombproof (third-person singular simple present bombproofs, present participle bombproofing, simple past and past participle bombproofed)Category:English lemmas#BOMBPROOFCategory:English verbs#BOMBPROOFCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BOMBPROOFCategory:Pages with entries#BOMBPROOFCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BOMBPROOF

1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BOMBPROOF) To make resistant to bomb blasts.