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BULLETPROOF

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not penetrable by bullets

Example:

bulletproof vest

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

armored; armoured (protected by armor (used of persons or things military))

Derivation:

bulletproof (make bulletproof)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Without flaws or loopholes

Example:

a bulletproof argument

Synonyms:

bulletproof; unassailable; unshakable; watertight

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

incontestable; incontestible (incapable of being contested or disputed)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make bulletproof

Example:

bulletproof the car

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "bulletproof" is one way to...):

proof (make resistant (to harm))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

bulletproof (not penetrable by bullets)

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