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child-resistant

[ chahyld-ri-zis-tuhnt ]

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  1. that resists being opened, tampered with, or damaged by a child; childproof:

    a child-resistant medicine cabinet.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of child-resistant1

First recorded in 1970–75

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