impact-focused building
noun phraseUK /ˈɪm.pækt ˈfəʊ.kəst ˈbɪl.dɪŋ/
US /ˈɪm.pækt ˈfoʊ.kəst ˈbɪl.dɪŋ/
A building made to be strong and safe when something hits it.
The impact-focused building stayed standing after the big storm.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. A building designed to lessen harm to people and things around it.
Engineers praised the impact-focused building for keeping everyone safe.
3. A structure built to take hard knocks without breaking.
The impact-focused building barely showed a scratch after the crash test.
4. A place planned so that hits or crashes cause little damage.
They chose an impact-focused building for the busy test track.