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indelible
[ in-del-uh-buhl ]
adjective
- making marks that cannot be erased, removed, or washed out:
indelible ink.
- impossible to eliminate, forget, or change:
the indelible memories of war;
the indelible influence of a great teacher.
indelible
/ ɪnˈdɛlɪbəl /
adjective
- incapable of being erased or obliterated
- making indelible marks
indelible ink
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Derived Forms
- inˌdeliˈbility, noun
- inˈdelibly, adverb
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Other Words From
- in·deli·bili·ty in·deli·ble·ness noun
- in·deli·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of indelible1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of indelible1
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Example Sentences
Strandf could photograph anything from a blind woman to a picket fence and make the image indelible.
That the song has become so indelible is likely owed to the fact that we can all sort of relate.
Haskins will perennially be attached to the indelible Saved By the Bell principal.
It is an indelible snapshot burned into our brains of mortality and sports at their highest level.
Her combination of skill and public persona left an indelible mark on the fashion world.
The old smart revived; or rather, the old indelible impressions of it left on nerve and brain.
An indelible ink pencil (violet) may, in most cases, be used in place of the solution.
The tracing is done by means of a special form of style giving indelible curves through the medium of colored glycerine.
These men left an indelible mark upon the English in India during their time, and did much to prepare the way of the missionary.
There is no name for that elusive, eloquent, yet indelible sign life sets upon the faces of the lost.
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