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Definition of Invulnerable
1. Adjective. Immune to attack; impregnable. "Gunners raked the beach from invulnerable positions on the cliffs"
Similar to: Air-tight, Airtight, Bombproof, Shellproof, Defendable, Defensible, Entrenched, Impregnable, Inviolable, Secure, Strong, Unassailable, Unattackable, Tight, Sheltered, Untouchable
Derivative terms: Invulnerability
Antonyms: Vulnerable
Definition of Invulnerable
1. a. Incapable of being wounded, or of receiving injury.
Definition of Invulnerable
1. Adjective. Incapable of being wounded, or of receiving injury; not vulnerable. ¹
2. Adjective. Unanswerable; irrefutable; unable to be damaged by an attack or convinced; as, an invulnerable argument. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Invulnerable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Invulnerable
Literary usage of Invulnerable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Word by Harold Waldwin Percival (1912)
"invulnerable CERTAINTIES BY J. ARNOLD ROWLAND THE great uncertainties that have
puzzled some of the greatest scientists and philosophers of the present ..."
2. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1869)
"... austerities I hare obtained the promise from Brahma that I shall be invulnerable
to all weapons: Give up your joint wife to me and expect her no more, ..."
3. A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1853)
"The South has a great and moral conflict to wage ; and it is for her to put on
the most invulnerable moral panoply." He then thinks the availability of ..."
4. Observations on the Mussulmauns of India: Descriptive of Their Manners by Hasan 'Ali, B. Mir Hasan 'Ali, Mrs B Mı̄r Ḣasan ʻAlı̄, B. Mīr Ḣasan ʻAlī (1832)
"Peculiar mode of worship.—Propitiatory offerings. — Supposed to be invulnerable
to fire. ... invulnerable ..."
5. The Word by Harold Waldwin Percival (1912)
"invulnerable CERTAINTIES BY J. ARNOLD ROWLAND THE great uncertainties that have
puzzled some of the greatest scientists and philosophers of the present ..."
6. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1869)
"... austerities I hare obtained the promise from Brahma that I shall be invulnerable
to all weapons: Give up your joint wife to me and expect her no more, ..."
7. A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1853)
"The South has a great and moral conflict to wage ; and it is for her to put on
the most invulnerable moral panoply." He then thinks the availability of ..."
8. Observations on the Mussulmauns of India: Descriptive of Their Manners by Hasan 'Ali, B. Mir Hasan 'Ali, Mrs B Mı̄r Ḣasan ʻAlı̄, B. Mīr Ḣasan ʻAlī (1832)
"Peculiar mode of worship.—Propitiatory offerings. — Supposed to be invulnerable
to fire. ... invulnerable ..."
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