inextinguishable

[in-ik-sting-gwi-shuh-buhl]

adjective

1. not extinguishable.

   an inextinguishable fire.

inextinguishable

/ ˌɪnɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃəbəl /

adjective

1. not able to be extinguished, quenched, or put to an end

Other Word Forms

• inextinguishably adverb
• inextinguishableness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of inextinguishable¹

First recorded in 1500–10; in- ³ + extinguishable ( def. )

Example Sentences

The images of daily life amid destruction and rubble — children, bicyclists, workers, laundry drying from high floors in a half-destroyed building — hint at an inextinguishable flame carrying on through a campaign of death.

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“To blind hatred, we will always oppose the inextinguishable thirst for teaching. The thirst for knowledge. The thirst for living free,” he added.

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"We will always counter blind hatred with the inextinguishable thirst to teach. The thirst to learn. The thirst to live freely".

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But Baby is adamant that Atlanta will always be a part of him, his roots there inseverable and his essence inextinguishable.

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Even at Mamie’s most shattered, an inextinguishable ember of courage and purpose seems to smolder at the core of the character.

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Related Words

• durable 
• immortal 
• perpetual