inexpugnable

[ in-ik-spuhg-nuh-buhl ]
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adjective
  1. incapable of being taken by force; impregnable; unconquerable.

Origin of inexpugnable

1
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)

Other words from inexpugnable

  • in·ex·pug·na·bil·i·ty, in·ex·pug·na·ble·ness, noun
  • in·ex·pug·na·bly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for inexpugnable

inexpugnable

/ (ˌɪnɪkˈspʌɡnəbəl) /


adjective
  1. a rare word for impregnable 1

Derived forms of inexpugnable

  • inexpugnability or inexpugnableness, noun
  • inexpugnably, adverb

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