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Meanings of bulletproof vest in English

Russian
защитный жилет
Portuguese
colete à prova de balas
Spanish
chaleco anti-balas
Catalan
armilla antibales
Wikidata

Armor for the torso that protects against projectiles or shrapnel from explosion.

        защитный жилет
        Synonyms
        Examples for "ballistic vest"
        Examples for "ballistic vest"
        1
        A police officer who was shot but saved by his ballistic vest has been treated and released.
        Reuters
        2
        She handed me a navy blue ballistic vest with LIBRARIAN written on the back in white letters.
        The woman who died a lot
        3
        Two front, and two back, they slid into pouches either side of his ballistic vest to provide additional protection.
        Lockdown
        4
        Tactile keyboards dangled off ballistic vests like extra clips.
        Wired
        5
        As heavily armed police wearing ballistic vests stood guard blocking the entrances, other officers carried the protesters to police vans.
        Reuters
        1
        The fatal shot passed between the ribs on Kim's bullet-resistant vest and struck his pulmonary artery.
        Reuters
        2
        Ohio law requires the state to return the weapons, ammunition and bullet-resistant vests removed from his house.
        Reuters
        3
        Heavily armed men in black helmets and bullet-resistant vests swarmed into the Descoteaux residence and dispersed like a doomsday tide through its rooms.
        Dark rivers of the heart
        Usage of bulletproof vest in English
        1
        Phalen didn't have to look any further than the standard-issue bulletproof vest.
        Don't blink
        2
        Worse, I still wasn't wearing a bulletproof vest like Derrick Phalen had.
        Don't blink
        3
        The thief clearly wasn't wearing a bulletproof vest under the thin T-shirt.
        Carte Blanche
        4
        Even he was told to wear a bulletproof vest during the gun debate.
        News.com.au
        5
        And if you're going to Pakistan, make sure you pack a bulletproof vest.
        Wired
        6
        The guy needed a bulletproof vest to go out in public?
        Don't blink
        7
        Cavanaugh pulled at the Velcro straps and removed the bulletproof vest.
        Takeover
        8
        Since when are you the guy in the bulletproof vest? I asked him.
        Changes
        9
        He doubted they would put on a stiff, hot bulletproof vest.
        Act of treason
        10
        She wore a bulletproof vest and she was shot with a rubber bullet.
        City of lies
        11
        If she hadn't been wearing the bulletproof vest, she'd be dead.
        Colorado abduction
        12
        She was wearing a bulletproof vest, and her eyes were bright.
        The Heiresses
        13
        Tada. From the bag, he pulled out his own bulletproof vest.
        Deadly Heat
        14
        The doctor started to unfasten the bulletproof vest, then stopped.
        Skin Trade
        15
        When he came back he was holding Luca Brasi's bulletproof vest in his hands.
        The Godfather
        16
        Then I patted my waist, which was made considerably thicker by my bulletproof vest.
        Too close to home
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        Translations for bulletproof vest
        Bulletproof vest through the time
        Bulletproof vest across language varieties
        United States of America
        Common
        United Kingdom
        Rare