noun
- Plural of bombproof; structures or shelters designed to withstand bomb explosions and blasts.
Usage: Often used in military or historical contexts
adjective
- Designed or constructed to resist or survive bomb explosions and blast damage.
verb
- Third-person singular present tense of 'bombproof'; to make something resistant to bomb explosions.
Usage: Less common usage; typically found in military or engineering contexts
Examples
- The military constructed several bombproofs beneath the city to protect civilians during air raids.
- The new government building features bombproof windows and reinforced walls.
- Engineers worked to bombproof the facility against potential attacks.
- During World War II, many families took shelter in bombproofs when sirens sounded.
- The bunker's bombproof design saved countless lives during the conflict.
- They decided to bombproof the underground command center with additional concrete layers.