Bulletproof
(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.
to make (something) bulletproof.
Contemporary Examples
Anna Benson, Former ‘Baseball Wife,’ Reportedly Snaps. What Happened? Christine Pelisek July 10, 2013
Hit-and-Run Driver Julio Acevedo Talks, Suggests 50 Cent Connection Michael Daly March 5, 2013
The Amazing Superheroes of New York City Matthew Shaer August 6, 2011
The Loser Who Wanted to Be the ISIS Agent Next Door Michael Daly September 17, 2014
The Sisterhood of Bulletproof Stockings: It’s Ladies’ Night for Hasidic Rockers Emily Shire September 29, 2014
Historical Examples
Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) The President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
The Foreign Hand Tie Gordon Randall Garrett
The Knights of Arthur Frederik Pohl
Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) The President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Space Platform Murray Leinster
adjective
not penetrable by bullets: bulletproof glass
verb
(transitive) to make bulletproof
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