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bulletproof

[bool-it-proof]

bul·let·proof

[bool-it-proof]
adjective
1.
(of vehicles, glass, clothing, etc.) capable of resisting or absorbing the impact of a bullet.
2.
Informal. safe from failure; without errors or shortcomings and beyond criticism: a bulletproof system; a bulletproof budget.
verb (used with object)
3.
to make (something) bulletproof.

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Origin:
1855–60; bullet + -proof
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bulletproof (ˈbʊlɪtˌpruːf)
 
adj
1.  not penetrable by bullets: bulletproof glass
 
vb
2.  (tr) to make bulletproof

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bulletproof definition


Used of an algorithm or implementation considered extremely robust; lossage-resistant; capable of correctly recovering from any imaginable exception condition - a rare and valued quality. Synonym armor-plated.
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