blowproof
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blowproof (comparative more blowproof, superlative most blowproof)
- Resistant to being blown.
- 1966, Popular Mechanics, volume 125, number 2, page 115:
- Blowproof water has given the Navy the weapon it needed to fight fires with helicopters. Previously, the downwash from the rotor blades blew the foam, or whatever agent was being used, off the fire, nullifying its effect.
- 2013, Lotus Rose, Malice in Wonderland #1: Alice the Assassin:
- Besides, the candles are blowproof—they can't be blown out.