indestructible
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- indestructibility noun
- indestructibleness noun
- indestructibly adverb
Etymology
Origin of indestructible
From the Late Latin word indēstrūctibilis, dating back to 1665–75. See in- 3, destructible
Example Sentences
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Apple has created what Woodring calls an “indestructible ecosystem” by controlling its own hardware, software, and services.
From Barron's
“We’ll return with the indestructible force of the people,” Morales said Sunday.
He was assisted in that delusion, the authors claim, by the mythology his family erected around him — that he was indestructible — and by his zealously protective inner circle, dubbed “the Politburo.”
From Los Angeles Times
But what I do know now is that this fire hadn’t come to destroy me; it came to show me what was indestructible.
From Los Angeles Times
"Things can go wrong, but the titanium knee component is indestructible."
From BBC
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