: to insulate so as to obstruct the passage of sound
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During the Cold War, sensitive compartmented information facilities, or SCIFs, were developed as windowless, soundproof rooms to hold classified conversations.—Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 8 May 2025 Photo: Interiors by Kat A soundproof music room in the basement.—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 21 Apr. 2025
Verb
Ultimately, the director worked with White to up the realism, with tweaks like Dewey soundproofing the classroom.—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 6 Apr. 2025 Head to the backside of the library, where architects used glass partitioning and rammed earth to nearly soundproof the space from both Caltrain horns and the children’s area.—Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for soundproof
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