adjective
- resistant to or protected from artillery shells or explosive projectiles
Usage: military
Examples
- The soldiers took cover in the shellproof bunker during the bombardment.
- Engineers designed shellproof fortifications to protect the coastal battery.
- The command post was built with shellproof concrete walls several feet thick.
- Military architects specified shellproof construction for the ammunition depot.
- The shellproof shelter could withstand direct hits from enemy artillery.
- Underground tunnels provided shellproof passages between defensive positions.