Word Meanings - BOMBPROOF - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Secure against the explosive force of bombs. -- n.
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- FORCE
To stuff; to lard; to farce. Wit larded with malice, and malice forced with wit. Shak. - AGAINSTAND
To withstand. - SECURER
One who, or that which, secures. - FORCEPS
The caudal forceps-shaped appendage of earwigs and some other insects. See Earwig. Dressing forceps. See under Dressing. (more info) 1. A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies - SECURENESS
The condition or quality of being secure; exemption from fear; want of vigilance; security. - FORCEFUL
Full of or processing force; exerting force; mighty. -- Force"ful*ly, adv. Against the steed he threw His forceful spear. Dryden. - FORCEMENT
The act of forcing; compulsion. It was imposed upon us by constraint; And will you count such forcement treachery J. Webster. - SECURELY
In a secure manner; without fear or apprehension; without danger; safely. His daring foe . . . securely him defied. Milton. - AGAINST
1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over. Jacob saw the angels of God come against him. Tyndale. 2. From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in - FORCED
Done or produced with force or great labor, or by extraordinary exertion; hurried; strained; produced by unnatural effort or pressure; as, a forced style; a forced laugh. Forced draught. See under Draught. -- Forced march , a march of one or more - SECUREMENT
The act of securing; protection. Society condemns the securement in all cases of perpetual protection by means of perpetual imprisonment. C. A. Ives. - FORCELESS
Having little or no force; feeble. These forceless flowers like sturdy trees support me. Shak. - BOMBSHELL
A bomb. See Bomb, n. - EXPLOSIVE
Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder. - EXPLOSIVELY
In an explosive manner. - FORCE PUMP
A pump having a solid piston, or plunger, for drawing and forcing a liquid, as water, through the valves; in distinction from a pump having a bucket, or valved piston. A pump adapted for delivering water at a considerable height above the pump, - FORCER
1. One who, or that which, forces or drives. The solid piston of a force pump; the instrument by which water is forced in a pump. A small hand pump for sinking pits, draining cellars, etc. - SECURE
1. Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident. But thou, secure of soul, unbent with woes. DRyden. 2. Overconfident; incautious; careless; -- in a bad sense. Macaulay. 3. Confident in opinion; not - FORCEMEAT
Meat chopped fine and highly seasoned, either served up alone, or used as a stuffing. - REINFORCEMENT
See REëNFORCEMENT - DEFORCEOR
See DEFORCIANT - REENFORCE
To strengthen with new force, assistance, material, or support; as, to reënforce an argument; to reënforce a garment; especially, to strengthen with additional troops, as an army or a fort, or with additional ships, as a fleet. - DEFORCE
To keep from the rightful owner; to withhold wrongfully the possession of, as of lands or a freehold. To resist the execution of the law; to oppose by force, as an officer in the execution of his duty. Burrill. - OVERFORCE
Excessive force; violence. - INEXPLOSIVE
Not explosive. - ASSECURE
To make sure or safe; to assure. Hooker. - COUNTERSECURE
To give additional security to or for. Burke. - AFFORCE
To reënforce; to strengthen. Hallam. - REENFORCEMENT
1. The act of reënforcing, or the state of being reënforced. 2. That which reënforces; additional force; especially, additional troops or force to augment the strength of any army, or ships to strengthen a navy or fleet. - ENFORCED
Compelled; forced; not voluntary. "Enforced wrong." "Enforced smiles." Shak. -- En*for"ced*ly, adv. Shak.