shockproof
Americanadjective
verb (used with object)
adjective
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Origin of shockproof
Example Sentences
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This is the punt Pace and his boardroom colleagues have taken when making a decision which raised eyebrows even in the usually shockproof world of Premier League management.
From BBC
In 2015, The New York Times’s chief theater critic, Ben Brantley, visited the company in Minsk, and praised its “spirit of defiant, exultant fraternity” adding that this was something “you rarely find among the young these days in money-driven, shockproof Manhattan.”
From New York Times
They're explosion-proof, anti-scald, and shockproof — and they work really well on bitterly cold days.
From Fox News
In response, Chinese President Xi Jinping repeatedly urged his country to patch up its vulnerabilities, shockproof the economy, and focus more on “doing our own things well” instead of worrying about fluctuations in U.S. policies toward China.
From Washington Post
But the world had also grown more tolerant since I first embarked on my novel, welcoming different sexual persuasions, gender identities and erotic habits, presumably becoming more shockproof in the process.
From Washington Post
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