as in invincible
incapable of being defeated, overcome, or subdued
this year the coach's strategy seems bulletproof
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Recent Examples of bulletproof
The feds alleged that the pair procured over $1 million worth of luxury items — including a bulletproof Escalade, a giant TV, and expensive watches — without ever paying for them.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2025
Gmail versus the rest Statista But Gmail (and other) security restrictions are not bulletproof — far from it.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
All that said, there are no platforms that are bulletproof for sharing secrets.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
From bulletproof glass to panic buttons, jurisdictions across the U.S. are taking unprecedented steps to protect election workers and ballots amid concerns about voter intimidation, fraud and even violence at the polls.
—Sophia Cai, Axios, 20 Sep. 2024
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2025
Gmail versus the rest Statista But Gmail (and other) security restrictions are not bulletproof — far from it.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
All that said, there are no platforms that are bulletproof for sharing secrets.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
From bulletproof glass to panic buttons, jurisdictions across the U.S. are taking unprecedented steps to protect election workers and ballots amid concerns about voter intimidation, fraud and even violence at the polls.
—Sophia Cai, Axios, 20 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bulletproof
Adjective
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But every time you’re done lifting, your brain feels invincible.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
1 Sep. 2025
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Here in California, our once-invincible white collar economy is beginning to shatter.—
Michael Bernick,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Tens of thousands of spectators in Beijing looked on as the People’s Republic unveiled laser weapons, nuclear ballistic missiles, and giant underwater drones alongside armored vehicles, tanks, and parading soldiers whose marching prowess put the rest of the world to shame.—
Kerry Brown,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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Chinese soldiers ride in armored vehicles during a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the Allies' victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Tiananmen Square on September 3, 2025, in Beijing, China.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Luthor has always been an ingenious nemesis for the invulnerable Superman: a merely intelligent human, an evildoing Prometheus out to steal fire from our benevolent cape-wearing god.—
Derek Robertson,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Aug. 2025
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But second-strike capabilities are not invulnerable.—
SAM WINTER-LEVY,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Aug. 2025
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Resilience is the key The word ‘resilient’ used to mean impregnable and capable of withstanding all challenges.—
David Parker,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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One of the grandest occasions in golf was in 1930, when the great Bobby Jones won the British Amateur at St. Andrews and then captured the claret jug at Royal Liverpool on his way to winning the Grand Slam of that era — the impregnable quadrilateral, as it was called.—
Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
16 July 2025
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Those fortunes were made and squandered rapidly—Iran went from bereft during the Iran-Iraq War, to unbeatable two decades later, to resoundingly beaten a little less than two decades after that.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
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Quality, affordable clothing can be hard to come by, so consider this your reminder to take advantage of the unbeatable Labor Day sales happening right now.—
Isis Briones,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez are seemingly unstoppable, and their building has a seemingly infinite number of murders in this Hulu mystery comedy.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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How about unstoppable spending on the People’s Liberation Army?—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Yet, for a team whose defense hardly made any plays for months at a time last season and dug an insurmountable hole by never getting the lucky bounce or break in a zillion one-score losses, there were no apologies.—
Paul Dehner Jr,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Big Thief has endured both, and for years, their very survival seemed to suggest that no rupture was insurmountable.—
Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Though singer-songwriter and countercultural icon Marianne Faithfull died earlier this year, at the age of 78, this witty, provocative, and playfully post-modern docu-bio is sure to keep her indomitable spirit alive.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
30 Aug. 2025
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Roc is at his best skillfully weaving internal and external rhymes together, crafting scenes of his charmed life as an indomitable hustler who can’t be shown up, intimidated, or outrhymed.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Bulletproof.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulletproof. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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