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explosion-proof

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  • adjective Designed and constructed to withstand or minimize damage from an internal or external explosion.

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Examples

  • The other, which is larger and is encased in an explosion-proof box, goes next to the mine's refuge chambers, which are now required in underground mines and are designed to shelter workers in the event of an explosion or fire.

    New Tool May Reach Trapped Miners 2010

  • You can see the mainframe in the next room through the triple plate, explosion-proof glass window.

    Gyre and Gimble 2009

  • You can see the mainframe in the next room through the triple plate, explosion-proof glass window.

    Gyre and Gimble 2009

  • A new type of explosion-proof telephone, exhibited in Chicago, is a recent addition to the roster of curious safety appliances developed especially for use in industries where dust, gunpowder, or inflammable gases present the constant hazard of a blast.

    2008 June 2008

  • Some people worry that the rocket might explode on the way up but we could just put the waste in an explosion-proof box, like the black boxes planes use

    A Good News/Bad News Day for the Nuclear Energy Industry - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007

  • He was put in a bullet proof, an armored bus that we are told is explosion-proof, on the American base here and driven to the room that is being used as a courtroom - that facility that's being used on this base as a courtroom.

    CNN Transcript Jul 1, 2004 2004

  • - Wires and cables are being entered into electrical equipment by means of specially explosion-proof bushings or damp proof screwings only.

    5. Fundamentals of installation engineering Werner Boschitsch 1991

  • Special seals are special screwings permitting opening of the explosion-proof electrical devices by special tools only.

    5. Fundamentals of installation engineering Werner Boschitsch 1991

  • Maintenance and repair work in explosion-proof installations must be performed in dead condition of the electrical system only.

    5. Fundamentals of installation engineering Werner Boschitsch 1991

  • Figure 29 Trumpet-shaped entry at an explosion-proof lamp which is mobile to a certain extent

    3. Connection of Lines to Mobile Devices and Appliances Gerhard Klix 1991

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