invulnerable
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7.7
- adjective
- /ɪnˈvʌlnərəbəl/
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invulnerable
- In her protective armor, she felt invulnerable during the battle.
- make yourself invulnerable
- feel invulnerable
She has X-ray vision, She has superhuman strength, She's invulnerable.
- She has X-ray vision, She has superhuman strength, She's invulnerable.
- You may feel as if you're invulnerable when you're young or in good health or have a lot of resources.
- Just maintain yourself in as, as you know, controlled and as invulnerable A posture as you possibly can.
- They tell themselves that their uniform and the power that backs it makes them invulnerable, not like the Rose petals arranged in the shape of MB.
Examples
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The ancient castle was built to be invulnerable to enemy sieges.
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In order to protect him, she had brewed a powerful potion designed to make the drinker invulnerable for 24 hours.
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You thought you were invulnerable.
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Did you think I was invulnerable?
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At night, however, they are invulnerable.
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And even those guys are not going to be invulnerable when the tide goes out.
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I had escaped disaster so often that I had come to think I was invulnerable.
Fiction book (2002) -
You may feel as if you're invulnerable when you're young or in good health or have a lot of resources.
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Thanks to a charm he received from the local dragon, Grendel is nearly invulnerable.
Fiction book (1999) -
Our lovemaking left us feeling invulnerable, for surely a romance this great was blessed and protected.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
92
6.5
Too strong to be defeated
57
4.2
Not affected by something that usually changes other people
34
5.3
Very hard to break or damage
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7.1
Too powerful for people to criticize or harm
25
2.7
Very strong and hard to damage in normal use
19
7.3
Not possible to enter or go through
11
8.0
So strong that no one can attack, defeat, or prove it wrong
10
7.9
Too strong and well protected for anyone to capture or defeat
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4.4
Very firm and cannot be changed or weakened
No one can beat or prove it wrong
Others cannot attack or harm it
Not able to be broken or damaged
Very hard to break into parts
Antonyms
How Invulnerable
Surface Forms
Morphology
invulnerable = vulnerable (transparent) = in + vulner + able
For a learner who knows 'vulnerable', adding the negative prefix 'in-' gives the straightforward meaning 'not vulnerable'.
Etymology
Invulnerable starts with in- meaning 'not' and the vulnerable part comes from a root that means 'wound' or 'hurt', like the English word 'wound'. So invulnerable plainly means 'not able to be wounded', which is why it describes something impossible to harm.