Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Immune to attack; impregnable.
- adj. Impossible to damage, injure, or wound.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Not vulnerable; incapable of being wounded, hurt, or harmed.
- Hence Not to be damaged or injuriously affected by attack: as, invulnerable arguments or evidence.
Wiktionary
- adj. Incapable of being wounded, or of receiving injury; not vulnerable.
- adj. Unanswerable; irrefutable; unable to be damaged by an attack or convinced; as, an invulnerable argument.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Incapable of being wounded, or of receiving injury.
- adj. Unanswerable; irrefutable; that can not be refuted or convinced.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. immune to attack; impregnable.
Etymologies
- From Latin invulnerābilis, from vulnerābilis, from vulnerō ("I wound"), from vulnus ("wound"). (Wiktionary)
- French invulnérable, from Old French, from Latin invulnerābilis : in-, not; see in-1 + vulnerāre, to wound (from vulnus, vulner-, wound; see vulnerable). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The more invulnerable the Empire is, the more invulnerable is Canada.”
“The mystic is, in short, invulnerable, and must be left, whether we relish it or not, in undisturbed enjoyment of his creed.”
“The riveting actor, best known as the invulnerable RoboCop, has brilliantly hit the skids as Stan Liddy, a corrupt Miami PD officer who gets busted by Internal Affairs.”
“Ianni points also to studies of so-called invulnerable adolescents -- those who develop into stable young adults in spite of coming from troubled homes, or other adversity.”
“Its technology is so new, so revolutionary, that everyone assumes its so-called invulnerable defences will be impenetrable.”
“He might have been called the invulnerable dwarf of the fray.”
“The presence of an "invulnerable" nation among nations that are "vulnerable" means inevitable aggression and war, a perpetual menace to civilisation and humanity.”
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“Still, its effects upon this "invulnerable" god were of a marked order.”
“Feeling "invulnerable" on the job ( "layoffs won't affect me; I am IN CHARGE!")”
“Kevin Horrigan: Helping troops become 'invulnerable”
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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Dominant/Submissive
single-minded, self-seeking, vain, territorial, stubborn, self-possessed, unwary, self-important, rigid, relentless, resolute, purposeful and 189 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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five syllables
ontogenesis, phylogenesis, concatenation, androgenesis, extra textual, inexorably, spagyrically, apophenia, iatrochemist, monocotyloid, morphological, parthenogenic and 941 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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Webbie Debbie's
portend... omen.../whats to come
glum plumportend, sotto, azure, idly, glum, morose, sidelong, Mary Blair, rendering, dubious, winsome, humongous and 100 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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GRE Words
deftness, insular, patent, normative, abrasive, immutable, inscrutable, invulnerable, imperturbable, irresolute, injudicious, deft and 106 more...
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abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abide, abject, abjure and 4874 more...
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Words I learned from video games
stymie, elude, preemptive, lithe, interloper, foolhardy, parry, invincible, invulnerable
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Shakespearean words
Words coined by Shakespeare
bloodstained, dauntless, lackluster, obscene, obsequiously, swagger, tranquil, invulnerable, jaded, rant
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