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View synonyms for inexpugnable

inexpugnable

[ in-ik-spuhg-nuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. incapable of being taken by force; impregnable; unconquerable.


inexpugnable

/ ˌɪnɪkˈspʌɡnəbəl /

adjective

  1. a rare word for impregnable 1
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Derived Forms

  • ˌinexˌpugnaˈbility, noun
  • ˌinexˈpugnably, adverb
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Other Words From

  • inex·pugna·bili·ty inex·pugna·ble·ness noun
  • inex·pugna·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inexpugnable1

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin inexpugnābilis, equivalent to in- in- 3 + expugnābilis ( expugnā ( re ) to take by storm ( ex- ex- 1 + pugnāre to fight) + -bilis -ble )
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Example Sentences

Heroic Vacuum; inexpugnable, while purse and present condition of society hold out; curable by no hellebore.

For here again our inexpugnable hypocrisy comes in and leads us down to perdition even in our prayers.

It will be seen in the crevice of what quibble that gentleman sought refuge and sits inexpugnable.

Nicky knew what he had been sent for, and to all his aunt's assaults and manoeuvres he presented an inexpugnable front.

On Him should rest, solid and inexpugnable, standing four-square to all the winds that blow, the fabric of our characters.

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