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CHILD-PROOF

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make safe against children

Example:

childproof the apartment

Synonyms:

child-proof; childproof

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "child-proof" is one way to...):

proof (make resistant (to harm))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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