inexpugnable

Learned borrowing from Latin inexpugnābilis. Morphologically, from in- +‎ expugn +‎ -able.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪnɛkˈspʌɡnəbəl/, /ˌɪnɪkˈspʌɡnəbəl/

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inexpugnable (comparative more inexpugnable, superlative most inexpugnable)

1. Impossible to eliminate or destroy; impregnable.
   • 1840, Thomas Carlyle, Heroes and Hero Worship‎^[1]:

     My one hope of the world, my inexpugnable consolation in looking at the miseries of the world, is that this is altering.

   • 1911, H. G. Wells, The Country of the Blind, And Other Stories‎^[2]:

     It crept into one's mind, a distress as vague and inexpugnable as a sea fog on a spring morning, and presently one shivered and wanted to go indoors...

   • 1915, Joseph Conrad, Victory‎^[3]:

     This seemed to be an inexpugnable refuge, where we could live untroubled and learn to know each other."

• inexpungable

Borrowed from Latin inexpugnābilis.

• IPA^(key): /i.nɛk.spy.ɲabl/

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inexpugnable (plural inexpugnables)

1. impregnable, unassailable

   Synonym: imprenable

• “inexpugnable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

inexpugnable m or f (masculine and feminine plural inexpugnables)

1. unassailable, inexpugnable

• “inexpugnable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024