implacable
not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable: an implacable enemy.
Origin of implacable
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Other words for implacable
Other words from implacable
- im·plac·a·bil·i·ty, im·plac·a·ble·ness, noun
- im·plac·a·bly, adverb
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How to use implacable in a sentence
Craven fear, not without some dim sense of the implacability of nature's laws, is at its roots.
The Myths of the North American Indians | Lewis SpenceYet Dunstan's first interview with his father had not had all this quality of implacability.
Under the Law | Edwina Stanton BabcockHis power is incalculable and his implacability is absolute.
Destiny | Charles Neville BuckThis man had sinned against this daughter; here he was brought up against an implacability.
The Fifth Queen | Ford Madox FordNothing was gained except the putting on record an implacability that was confessedly impotent.
British Dictionary definitions for implacable
/ (ɪmˈplækəbəl) /
incapable of being placated or pacified; unappeasable
inflexible; intractable
Derived forms of implacable
- implacability or implacableness, noun
- implacably, adverb
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