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worldproof (third-person singular simple present worldproofs, present participle worldproofing, simple past and past participle worldproofed)
- (transitive, rare) To make resistant to the various risks and hazards that may be encountered in the world.
- 2012, Carlo Rotella, Playing in Time: Essays, Profiles, and Other True Stories, page 114:
- So, since you can't kidproof the world, you do your best to worldproof the kid.
- 2019, Daniel Immerwahr, How to Hide an Empire:
- Their task was a remarkable one: to world-proof the inventory of the military. To make sure that objects didn't stop working whenever they moved.
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