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invulnerable

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in⋅vul⋅ner⋅a⋅ble

  [in-vuhl-ner-uh-buhl]
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–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

Related forms:
in⋅vul⋅ner⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, in⋅vul⋅ner⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
in⋅vul⋅ner⋅a⋅bly, adverb
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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.
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Word Origin & History

invulnerable 
1595, from L. invulnerabilis, from in- "not" + vulnerabilis (see vulnerable).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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