bullet-proof

A form of bulletproof — Capable of withstanding a direct shot by a bullet fired from a gun.

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Meanings

adjectivebullet-proof (comparative more bullet-proof, superlative most bullet-proof)

comparative more bullet-proof · superlative most bullet-proof

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of bulletproof (all senses)

    The bullet-proof shutters, the stacks of hand-grenades, and the Gatling guns of the Sub-Treasury are tacit admissions of the fact and of the quality of the mercy expected.

    1890, Jacob A[ugust] Riis, “The Awakening”, in How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 20
verbbullet-proof (third-person singular simple present bullet-proofs, present participle bullet-proofing, simple past and past participle bullet-proofed)

present singular third person bullet-proofs · participle present bullet-proofing · participle past bullet-proofed · past bullet-proofed

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of bulletproof.
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APA

bullet-proof. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bullet-proof

MLA

“bullet-proof.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bullet-proof. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bullet-proof,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bullet-proof.

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