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bulletproof
[ bool-it-proof ]
adjective
- (of vehicles, glass, clothing, etc.) capable of resisting or absorbing the impact of a bullet.
- Informal. safe from failure; without errors or shortcomings and beyond criticism:
a bulletproof system; a bulletproof budget.
verb (used with object)
- to make (something) bulletproof.
bulletproof
/ ˈʊɪˌː /
adjective
- not penetrable by bullets
bulletproof glass
verb
- tr to make bulletproof
Word History and Origins
Origin of bulletproof1
Example Sentences
Its founding president, Dr. Co Pham, wore a bulletproof vest at his medical practice because of threats stemming from his stance that better business relations could bring freedom to his homeland.
The officer wrote in the complaint that Mongols leaders maintain an “arsenal” of assault rifles, handguns, shotguns, knives and bulletproof vests in their downtown Los Angeles headquarters.
The state allows witnesses to observe the death from behind bulletproof glass, but the executioners are hidden from view to protect their identities.
Parts of their video showed law enforcement officers in bulletproof vests posted outside a stucco apartment building with their faces covered.
"His reputation might be in tatters within certain circles, but commercially, he remains bulletproof," says Borkowski.
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