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- adjective Designed and constructed to
withstand orminimize damage from an internal or external explosion.
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Examples
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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.
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You can see the mainframe in the next room through the triple plate, explosion-proof glass window.
Gyre and Gimble 2009
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You can see the mainframe in the next room through the triple plate, explosion-proof glass window.
Gyre and Gimble 2009
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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
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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
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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.
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- 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
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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
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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
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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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