Shellproof

ahd-5
  • adjective. Designed or constructed to withstand shellfire.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Same as bomb-proof.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Capable of resisting bombs or other shells; bombproof.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Resistant to shelling.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. able to resist the explosive force of bombs and shells
  • Word Usage
    "We have to question the judgement of UN officials who allowed children onto a site which wasn't even shellproof, and then failed to stop Hamas from launching mortars from the school grounds."
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    bombproof