invulnerable
incapable of being wounded, hurt, or damaged.
proof against or immune to attack: A strong navy made Great Britain invulnerable.
not open to denial or disproof: an invulnerable argument.
Origin of invulnerable
1Other words from invulnerable
- in·vul·ner·a·bil·i·ty, in·vul·ner·a·ble·ness, noun
- in·vul·ner·a·bly, adverb
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How to use invulnerable in a sentence
Israel is powerful compared to its neighbors, but it is close to invulnerable compared to the Palestinians.
The only way to solve the Israeli-Palestinian problem | Fareed Zakaria | May 20, 2021 | Washington PostTheir love is legendary, powerful, and unique, but not invulnerable.
This impressive record of political consolidation, however, does not leave it invulnerable.
They do not think they are invulnerable to criticism or that history will guarantee them success.
It is also doing this at a site built under a mountain and so possibly invulnerable to air attacks.
U.S. Hopes Latest Talks on Iran Nuclear Program Lead to New Diplomacy | Michael Adler | April 2, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Not only was she invulnerable to bullets and clubs; she had apparently drunk the elixir of eternal life.
‘The Lady and the Peacock’: Peter Popham’s Biography Reveals the Real Aung San Suu Kyi | Peter Popham | March 29, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTMorgiana threw back her black hair, and laughed as would an invulnerable jinn.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisBut the choice of an invulnerable state ticket at this convention is our business and our only business.
A Hoosier Chronicle | Meredith NicholsonSiegfried of the Nibelungenlied, after slaying the Regin dragon, makes himself invulnerable by bathing in its blood.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria | Donald A. MackenzieBut the artisans who follow him are 169 not invulnerable as he is; the grape-shot sweeps them down off the barricade.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4) | Richard MutherIt's our one weakness—the one Achilles heel in a m-machine that was meant to be invulnerable.
The Stutterer | R.R. Merliss
British Dictionary definitions for invulnerable
/ (ɪnˈvʌlnərəbəl, -ˈvʌlnrəbəl) /
incapable of being wounded, hurt, damaged, etc, either physically or emotionally
incapable of being damaged or captured: an invulnerable fortress
Derived forms of invulnerable
- invulnerability or invulnerableness, noun
- invulnerably, adverb
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