CHILDPROOF

childproof, child-proof

(verb) make safe against children; “childproof the apartment”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

childproof (comparative more childproof, superlative most childproof)

Designed to be unable for a child to use, operate, or open.

Made safe for children.

Made safe from children; resistant to damage by children.

Verb

childproof (third-person singular simple present childproofs, present participle childproofing, simple past and past participle childproofed)

To make something childproof.

I debated childproofing my house, but decided against, on the basis that any scars or burns would serve as object lessons in restraint.

Source: Wiktionary



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COVERT

(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”


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