invulnerable

[ in-vuhl-ner-uh-buhl ]

/ ɪnˈvʌl nər ə bəl /

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adjective

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.

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Origin of invulnerable

From the Latin word invulnerābilis, dating back to 1585–95. See in-³, vulnerable

OTHER WORDS FROM invulnerable

in·vul·ner·a·bil·i·ty, in·vul·ner·a·ble·ness, nounin·vul·ner·a·bly, adverb

Words nearby invulnerable

involutional melancholia, involve, involved, involvement, invt., invulnerable, invultuation, in wait, in waiting, inwale, inwall

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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.
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Their love is legendary, powerful, and unique, but not invulnerable.
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This impressive record of political consolidation, however, does not leave it invulnerable.
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They do not think they are invulnerable to criticism or that history will guarantee them success.
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It is also doing this at a site built under a mountain and so possibly invulnerable to air attacks.
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Not only was she invulnerable to bullets and clubs; she had apparently drunk the elixir of eternal life.
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Morgiana threw back her black hair, and laughed as would an invulnerable jinn.
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But the choice of an invulnerable state ticket at this convention is our business and our only business.
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Siegfried of the Nibelungenlied, after slaying the Regin dragon, makes himself invulnerable by bathing in its blood.
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But the artisans who follow him are 169 not invulnerable as he is; the grape-shot sweeps them down off the barricade.
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It's our one weakness—the one Achilles heel in a m-machine that was meant to be invulnerable.
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British Dictionary definitions for invulnerable

invulnerable

/ (ɪnˈvʌlnərəbəl, -ˈvʌlnrəbəl) /

adjective

incapable of being wounded, hurt, damaged, etc, either physically or emotionally

incapable of being damaged or capturedan invulnerable fortress

Derived forms of invulnerable

invulnerability or invulnerableness, nouninvulnerably, adverb

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