bombproof

Thân thiện

A soldier takes cover in a bombproof shelter during the drill.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Able to resist the explosive force of bombs and shells: Describes a structure or material designed to withstand the impact and blast from explosive weapons.
2. Noun:
   • A chamber (often underground) reinforced against bombing: A fortified shelter, typically providing living facilities, used for protection during air raids or bombardments.
3. Verb:
   • To make safe against bombings: To reinforce or strengthen a structure so that it becomes resistant to bombs.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The military base was surrounded by a bombproof wall.
  • They stored the sensitive documents in a bombproof vault.
• Noun:
  • During the air raid, the entire village hid in the underground bombproof.
  • The old bombproof has been converted into a museum.
• Verb:
  • Engineers worked to bombproof the command center before the offensive.
  • The government's plan was to bombproof all critical infrastructure.

Advanced Usage

• "Bombproofed" (Adjective/Past Participle): Describes something that has been made resistant to bombs.
  • The newly bombproofed bunker can withstand a direct hit.
• Conceptual Use: Used metaphorically to describe something extremely secure or resilient.
  • His argument was intellectually bombproof, leaving no room for criticism.

Variants and Related Words

• Blastproof (Adjective): Resistant to the force of an explosion. (Similar but not always interchangeable, as "blast" can refer to non-bomb explosions).
• Fortification (Noun): A defensive wall or other reinforcement built to strengthen a place against attack.
• Reinforced (Adjective): Strengthened or supported.

Synonyms

• Adjective: Blast-resistant, fortified, impregnable, shellproof.
• Noun: Bunker, shelter, fallout shelter, air-raid shelter.
• Verb: Fortify, reinforce, harden, strengthen.

Related Phrases

• "To be bombproof" (Idiomatic): To be extremely secure, reliable, or foolproof.
  • This encryption software is bombproof; no one can hack it.
• "Bombproofing measures": Specific actions taken to make something resistant to bombs.
  • The bombproofing measures included adding several feet of concrete.

Notes on Meaning

• The primary meaning is literal and military, relating to physical protection from explosives.
• The figurative use to mean "completely secure" or "unassailable" is common in informal and professional contexts (e.g., "a bombproof contract," "a bombproof alibi").

Học thuật

Adjective

1. able to resist the explosive force of bombs and shells
   • bombproof shelter

Noun

1. a chamber (often underground) reinforced against bombing and provided with food and living facilities; used during air raids

Verb

1. make safe against bombings

Từ đồng nghĩa

• shellproof
• bomb shelter
• air-raid shelter