indestructibility

Examples

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• I marvel at their indestructibility, at how unwounded and unwoundable they seem.

  Academic text (2008)

• Plato's gone through a series of arguments for the immortality, the indestructibility of the soul, and I've argued that none of them work.

• As Mark's audience knows, that indestructibility is far from certain.

  Blog text (21)

• The indestructibility of ceramics has also meant that they often remain when other traces of activity have been destroyed.

  Academic text (2006)

• He is more notorious than any of these characters for not catching the drift of things, for celebrating his indestructibility.

  Fiction book (1996)

• The extension of the indivisibility argument to animals, however, made Leibniz realize that it established no more than indestructibility and not immortality in any proper sense.

  Academic text (1998)

• There are many reasons why music educators should embrace these new technologies: the quality of sound, the relative indestructibility of the medium, and the addition of visual images on the laser discs are only a few.

  Academic text (1992)

• This particular pericope begins with the unnamed disciple marveling at the seeming indestructibility of the temple.

  Blog text (21)

• The indestructibility of certain materials makes them ideal for constructing buildings that can withstand severe weather.

• Engineers are studying the indestructibility of diamond to create more durable cutting tools.

Synonyms

I

invulnerability

vsindestructibility

5 7.9

The state of not being able to be harmed in body or feelings

focuses on being impossible to destroy or suffer physical damage

I

indefectibility

vsindestructibility

1 9.9

The state of being unable to fail, end, or be destroyed

is specifically about being impossible to destroy or suffer damage

I

impregnability

vsindestructibility

• Formal

1 9.8

The state of being strong enough to resist attack

covers being impossible to destroy or damaged even without attack

I

imperishableness

vsindestructibility

9.9

The quality of lasting a very long time without decay or damage

is about being impossible to destroy or suffer damage now

I

imperishability

vsindestructibility

9.3

A state of not getting old or falling apart

is about being impossible to destroy or suffer damage generally

U

unbreakableness

vsindestructibility

7.9

The quality of not breaking when pressed or hit

refers more broadly to being impossible to destroy or suffer any damage

A

adamancy

vsindestructibility

9.9

A very great hardness that cannot be broken or pierced

is broader, meaning impossible to destroy or to suffer damage, not just hardness

Antonyms

F

fragility

17 5.2

Something that is easy to break or damage, like glass

D

destructibility

7.7

How easily something can be broken or ruined

How Durable

indestructibility

1 9.0

durability

22 3.8

vulnerability

156 5.1

fragility

17 5.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology