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bulletproofing

bulletproofing is the present participle and gerund of bulletproof.

Noun

bulletproofing (uncountable)

  1. The process of making something bulletproof.
  2. Bulletproof material.
    • The rear seat areas looked unfinished, waiting for more time to weld in more bulletproofing.2008, Thomas Sherry, Shatter, page 553

Meaning of bulletproof

Verb

bulletproof (third-person singular simple present bulletproofs, present participle bulletproofing, simple past and past participle bulletproofed)

  1. (transitive) To make proof against bullets.
  2. (informal, transitive) To make resistant to failure.
    • We have to bulletproof this program before we let the users at it; check every input, catch every possible flaw... it must not fail in use.

See all 5 meanings of bulletproof

Questions about bulletproofing

What does bulletproofing mean?
Bulletproofing means the process of making something bulletproof.
What is bulletproofing the present participle and gerund of?
Bulletproofing is the present participle and gerund of bulletproof.
What part of speech is bulletproofing?
Bulletproofing is a noun.

Words near bulletproofing in the dictionary

  1. bulletproof hosting
  2. bulletproof hosts
  3. bulletproof vest
  4. bulletproof vests
  5. bulletproofed
  6. bulletproofing
  7. bulletproofness
  8. bulletproofs
  9. bulletrie
  10. bulletries
  11. bullets

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bulletproofing (page history and authors); bulletproof (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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