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inexpugnable

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in⋅ex⋅pug⋅na⋅ble

  [in-ik-spuhg-nuh-buhl]
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–adjective
incapable of being taken by force; impregnable; unconquerable.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L inexpugnābilis, equiv. to in- in- 3 + expugnābilis (expugnā(re) to take by storm (ex- ex- 1 + pugnāre to fight) + -bilis -ble )

Related forms:
in⋅ex⋅pug⋅na⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, in⋅ex⋅pug⋅na⋅ble⋅ness, noun
in⋅ex⋅pug⋅na⋅bly, adverb
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in·ex·pug·na·ble   (ĭn'ĭk-spŭg'nə-bəl, -spyōō'nə-)   
adj.  

  1. Impossible to overcome or overthrow by force.

  2. Impossible to put aside or drive away: inexpugnable dislike.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin inexpugnābilis : in-, not; see in-1 + expugnābilis, capable of being overcome (from expugnāre : ex-, completely; see ex- + pugnāre, to fight; see impugn).]
in'ex·pug·na·bil'i·ty n., in'ex·pug'na·bly adv.
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