inexpugnable
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adjective
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Etymology
Origin of inexpugnable
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin inexpugnābilis, equivalent to in- in- 3 + expugnābilis ( expugnā ( re ) to take by storm ( ex- ex- 1 + pugnāre to fight) + -bilis -ble )
Example Sentences
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But there is no mistaking the real heartbreak and waste that are Hage’s material, or his outrage at the most costly, terrible and seemingly inexpugnable qualities of humanity.
From New York Times ● Aug. 7, 2019
They present a body of doctrine at once complete, homogeneous, logical and inexpugnable, in which the three supreme questions, Whence come we?
From The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation by Maitland, Edward
Then, there are some gratuitous and unredeemed vulgarities; some images whose barbarity makes us shudder, of creeping ascarides and inexpugnable tapeworms.
From Burke by Morley, John
So now, when the men arrived, she was facing them, frowning as an indignant, inexpugnable black executioner.
From Sunlight Patch by Harris, Credo Fitch
This is an ancient, shrewd, and inexpugnable position.
From Character and Opinion in the United States by Santayana, George
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