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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of soundproof.

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Examples

  • Detectives believe Fischer, 30, intended to torture his victim in a yellow, soundproofed phone box he had somehow installed in his cramped living room.

    Hamburg man held after female hostage flees 'basement torture room' 2011

  • Apartment buildings and individual apartments must be commodiously planned with well-designed kitchens and baths, soundproofed walls and floors, ample daylighting, reliable elevators, well-appointed public spaces and attractive landscaping.

    How to make rentals more attractive as the American dream evolves, adapts 2011

  • To live up to its namesake, the hotel's 102 sizable rooms sparkle with chandeliers, marble and plantation shutters giving it an Old World feel with modern appointments such as soundproofed windows and a business center.

    Karen Dalton-Beninato: New Orleans Hotels Renovate in Time for Mardi Gras Karen Dalton-Beninato 2012

  • Eventually, all the windows on the street went dark, each small house cloaking its occupants in a world unto itself, soundproofed and emotionally remote.

    Keep a Lid on It Fred Osuna 2011

  • Back in his own shielded and soundproofed office on floor five, Saldis skimmed through the data on the crystal.

    Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011

  • He preyed on his employees, lovers and hotel guests, often gassing them in their soundproofed rooms and transporting them by secret chute to the basement, where he had two giant furnaces, several pits of acid and even a stretching rack.

    Leonardo DiCaprio to play America's first serial killer Ben Child 2010

  • I would have to keep tending to my headache for the rest of my life to keep it locked in the partially soundproofed room I had trapped it in, praying it never broke the lock.

    Chocolate & Vicodin Jennette Fulda 2011

  • “Everything's soundproofed, remember?” said Paul, flipping the lock on the basement door that led outside.

    The Rat Eats Last Janet Freeman 2011

  • Back in his own shielded and soundproofed office on floor five, Saldis skimmed through the data on the crystal.

    Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011

  • I would have to keep tending to my headache for the rest of my life to keep it locked in the partially soundproofed room I had trapped it in, praying it never broke the lock.

    Chocolate & Vicodin Jennette Fulda 2011

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