implacable
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ə adjective
not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable: an implacable enemy.
Related forms
im·plac·a·bil·i·ty, im·plac·a·ble·ness, noun
im·plac·a·bly, adverb
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implacable (ɪmˈplækəbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | incapable of being placated or pacified; unappeasable |
| 2. | inflexible; intractable |
| implaca'bility | |
| —n | |
| im'placableness | |
| —n | |
| im'placably | |
| —adv | |
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| Main Entry: | implacable |
| Part of Speech: | adj |
| Definition: | unable to be appeased; irreconcilable |
| Etymology: | Latin im- + placare 'to appease' |
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Word Origin & History
implacable
1522, from O.Fr. implacable, from L. implacabilis "unappeasable," from in- "not" + placabilis "easily appeased" (see placate).
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Example sentences
At this point and this was where his cruel, implacable nature showed itself the past ceased to exist for him.
From personal experience, he developed an implacable enmity toward totalitarian regimes.
We face an implacable enemy allegedly eager and prepared to die in order to impact terror upon us.
In particular, he misjudges the towering and implacable rage for vengeance that comes upon his father.
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