impregnable
adjective
strong enough to resist or withstand attack; not to be taken by force, unconquerable.
impregnability
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a word derived from
impregnable.
Example Sentences
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Rome’s impregnability was itself one of the founding stories Romans told themselves; Romans had long vowed that the Celtic sack of 387 BCE would be the last, and yet the Goths had shattered that myth.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Tottenham had managed to reduce the deficit by then through Harry Kane, and Christian Eriksen leveled in the 72nd minute as Spurs made a mockery of the so-called impregnability of the Bianconeri defense.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 13, 2018
And yet the prototypes of impregnability are themselves being treated with the kind of care one might expect for a Fabergé egg.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 29, 2018
Watson will resume on 29 and Steve Smith five as Australia look to move into a position of impregnability in both match and series.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2013
Before the invention of gunpowder Castle Reifenstein had been an impregnable fortress, although it owed little of its impregnability to art.
From Too Rich A Romance by Adolph Streckfuss
