indelible

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My films would not betray influences of theatre, except Gulaal, which carries within it, indelible, and obvious influences of the medium.

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  1. adjective Impossible to remove, erase, or wash away; permanent: indelible ink.
  2. adjective Making a mark not easily erased or washed away: an indelible pen for labeling clothing.
  3. adjective Unable to be forgotten; memorable: an indelible memory.

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  • The Woods pedigree there is so incredible and indelible, the only player in the '09 field to have won the Buick in the past 12 years is Phil Mickelson, who almost blushed when that odd footnote was broached this week. —  Sports News : CBSSports.com
  • As he shows which human devastations are indelible, and which examples of our highest art and culture would endure longest, Weisman's narrative ultimately drives toward a radical but persuasive solution that needn't depend on our demise.
  • The disgrace of having been in jail was indelible, and the danger was by no means over. —  The Colonel's Dream
  • 3: The power of administering the sacraments belongs to the spiritual character which is indelible, as explained above (Q. —  Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition
  • 1: That which is both sacrament and reality--i.e. the character--and that which is reality only--i.e. the inward justification--remain: the character remains and is indelible, as stated above (Q. —  Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition
 

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  1. Alteration of earlier indeleble, from Latin indēlēbilis : in-, not; see in-1 + dēlēbilis, capable of being effaced (from dēlēre, to wipe out).
 

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/ɪnˈdɛlɪbl, ikbl/
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