Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Safe or protected from lightning.
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Examples
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I became lightning-proof at last; also I learned better to select the psychological moment for the correction.
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About that time I'd hand out the express receipt, and if that didn't paralyze him it would be because he was lightning-proof.
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I became lightning-proof at last; also I learned better to select the psychological moment for the correction.
Mark Twain, a Biography — Volume III, Part 1: 1900-1907 Albert Bigelow Paine 1899
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I became lightning-proof at last; also I learned better to select the psychological moment for the correction.
Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete Albert Bigelow Paine 1899
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He Jinliang, director of the China Standardization Association of Lightning Protection Technology, said in an interview that while it was not necessarily cost-effective to make rail equipment "100 percent lightning-proof, you can definitely prevent this kind of serious accident."
NYT > Home Page By SHARON LaFRANIERE 2011
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While it was not necessarily cost-effective to make rail equipment "100 percent lightning-proof," he said, "you can definitely prevent this kind of serious accident."
NYT > Home Page By SHARON LaFRANIERE 2011
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While it was not necessarily cost-effective to make rail equipment "100 percent lightning-proof," he said, "you can definitely prevent this kind of serious accident."
NYT > Home Page By SHARON LaFRANIERE 2011
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While it might not be cost-effective to make rail equipment "100 percent lightning-proof," he said, "you can definitely prevent this kind of serious accident."
NYT > Home Page By SHARON LaFRANIERE 2011
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He Jinliang, director of the China Standardization Association of Lightning Protection Technology, said in an interview that while it was not necessarily cost-effective to make rail equipment "100 percent lightning-proof, you can definitely prevent this kind of serious accident."
NYT > Home Page By SHARON LaFRANIERE 2011
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While it was not necessarily cost-effective to make rail equipment "100 percent lightning-proof," he said, "you can definitely prevent this kind of serious accident."
NYT > Home Page By SHARON LaFRANIERE 2011
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