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invulnerable - 4 dictionary results

in⋅vul⋅ner⋅a⋅ble

[in-vuhl-ner-uh-buhl]
–adjective
1. incapable of being wounded, hurt, or damaged.
2. proof against or immune to attack: A strong navy made Great Britain invulnerable.
3. not open to denial or disproof: an invulnerable argument.

Origin:
1585–95; < L invulnerābilis. See in- 3 , vulnerable


in⋅vul⋅ner⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, in⋅vul⋅ner⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
in⋅vul⋅ner⋅a⋅bly, adverb
in·vul·ner·a·ble   (ĭn-vŭl'nər-ə-bəl)   
adj.  
  1. Immune to attack; impregnable.
  2. Impossible to damage, injure, or wound.

[French invulnérable, from Old French, from Latin invulnerābilis : in-, not; see in-1 + vulnerāre, to wound (from vulnus, vulner-, wound; see vulnerable).]
in·vul'ner·a·bil'i·ty, in·vul'ner·a·ble·ness n., in·vul'ner·a·bly adv.

Invulnerable

In*vul"ner*a*ble\, a. [L. invulnerabilis: cf. F. invuln['e]rable. See In- not, and Vulnerable.]

1. Incapable of being wounded, or of receiving injury.

Neither vainly hope To be invulnerable in those bright arms. --Milton.

2. Unanswerable; irrefutable; that can not be refuted or convinced; as, an invulnerable argument.
Language Translation for : invulnerable
Spanish: invulnerable,
German: unverwundbar,ungefährdet,
Japanese: 傷付けられない

invulnerable 
1595, from L. invulnerabilis, from in- "not" + vulnerabilis (see vulnerable).
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