inextinguishable

[ in-ik-sting-gwi-shuh-buhl ]
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adjective
  1. not extinguishable: an inextinguishable fire.

Origin of inextinguishable

1
First recorded in 1500–10; in-3 + extinguishable

Other words from inextinguishable

  • in·ex·tin·guish·a·bly, adverb

Words Nearby inextinguishable

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How to use inextinguishable in a sentence

  • Georgie could not forbear a smile, while Lucy burst into inextinguishable peals of silvery laughter.

  • His genius had made Rose the victim of its own incessant, inextinguishable lust and impulse to create.

    The Creators | May Sinclair
  • If he makes only a leaf of bronze for a tomb, it seems to quiver under his hands with an inextinguishable vitality.

British Dictionary definitions for inextinguishable

inextinguishable

/ (ˌɪnɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃəbəl) /


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

Derived forms of inextinguishable

  • inextinguishableness, noun
  • inextinguishably, adverb

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