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  • adjective Resembling a military bunker

Etymologies

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bunker +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Having established himself in bunkerlike circumstances inside the Muqata, Arafat expressed a great deal of frustration with the lack of support he received from Arab leaders who made ritual obeisance to the justice of the Palestinian cause.

    In a Ruined Country 2005

  • Having established himself in bunkerlike circumstances inside the Muqata, Arafat expressed a great deal of frustration with the lack of support he received from Arab leaders who made ritual obeisance to the justice of the Palestinian cause.

    In a Ruined Country 2005

  • On May 15, behind closed doors in a windowless, bunkerlike room high up in the Capitol, we conducted our first formal hearing, and William Colby presented a history of CIA covert actions.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • On May 15, behind closed doors in a windowless, bunkerlike room high up in the Capitol, we conducted our first formal hearing, and William Colby presented a history of CIA covert actions.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • On May 15, behind closed doors in a windowless, bunkerlike room high up in the Capitol, we conducted our first formal hearing, and William Colby presented a history of CIA covert actions.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • In between the deserted bunkerlike buildings, a few sushi bars and tapas lounges were tucked away.

    Strangers at the Feast Jennifer Vanderbes 2010

  • In between the deserted bunkerlike buildings, a few sushi bars and tapas lounges were tucked away.

    Strangers at the Feast Jennifer Vanderbes 2010

  • Behind the flags, vertical wood paneling rises forty feet from the floor to a bunkerlike cement ceiling.

    Hope Unseen Captain Scott M. Smiley 2010

  • One of my favorite features of the series so far has been the organizational chart of the 66 different counterterrorism command centers in the Washington area, not counting the White House Situation Room, each with its secure bunkerlike facility, its 24/7 staff, its high-tech control room, secure database, command staff and cadre of outside contractors.

    For Obama's reform agenda, counterterrorism excess is a timely warning 2010

  • In between the deserted bunkerlike buildings, a few sushi bars and tapas lounges were tucked away.

    Strangers at the Feast Jennifer Vanderbes 2010

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