bunker
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4.6
- noun
- /ˈbʌŋkər/
:
búnker
- So I got to the operation center, which is just a little bunker covered with sandbags.
- build bunkers
- military bunkers
- underground bunker
We retreated, we built bunkers for our cameras.
- We retreated, we built bunkers for our cameras.
- So Reagan was taken down to the bunker and walked through a nuclear attack.
- So I would have been inside that bunker when it collapsed, but I wasn't.
- It's in, you know, it's like the the nuclear bunker in Colorado beneath the mountain.
- So I got to the operation center, which is just a little bunker covered with sandbags.
- But again, you can't build the doomsday bunker after the crisis for the doom.
- His house was part of the property was a bunker, like a war bunker that was like built into like a hill.
- And the VHS tape had mistakenly been inserted into a machine in the nuclear bunker beneath the Pentagon.
- Every gun machine gun has bunkers that it's responsible for.
- Build a bunker and fill it with guns and ammo.
Examples
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After the warning sirens sounded, they rushed into the bunker to seek shelter.
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An extensive network of tunnels and bunkers was discovered in Lebanon's southern border district in 2006.
Academic text (2015) -
I built a bunker, and I lived in it for years because I knew it was safe.
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We have to go to the bunker.
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Just to construct a bunker to house the core would take about ten days.
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So Reagan was taken down to the bunker and walked through a nuclear attack.
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In the end, he was building bunkers for the defense of the nation.
Fiction book (1994) -
I built a bunker in the basement of this casino strong enough to withstand the blast.
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The soldiers hid in the bunker during the enemy attack to remain safe.
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The survivalists built an elaborate bunker in their backyard to prepare for emergencies.
Synonyms
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3.4
A strong place often underground where people stay to be safe from bombs
4
6.0
A shelter dug into the ground and covered with earth
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4.4
A strong place, often underground, that protects people from bombs
A very strong room or building that protects people from bomb explosions
Compounds
- Specialized
3
7.9
A very strong bomb that breaks through thick concrete to explode inside underground shelters
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7.9
A defensive, isolated attitude people develop after being criticized many times
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4.7
An early battle of the American Revolution near Boston in which the British won but suffered heavy losses
How Protective
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bunker meaning a strong shelter grew from the same idea of a 'box' or protected place (from bunk); so a bunker is like a tough, enclosed 'box' where people stay safe during an attack.