indestructible en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ɪndɪˈstɹʌktɪbəl/
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English destruct Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English destructible English indestructible From in- + destructible.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not destructible; incapable of decomposition or of being destroyed; invincible.
But this was precisely what Rosa Luxemburg believed; and she held that the revolutionary potential of the working masses was indestructible, though it might be temporarily stifled by arrogant leaders.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 84:
Antonyms
wreckable · improducible · fragile · inconstructible · ruinable · destructible · destroyable · breakable · unbuildable
Deriveds
indestructibly · indestructibility · indestructibleness
Relateds
strong · impenetrable · durable
Synonyms
unruinable · undestructable · unbreakable · unwreckable · undestroyable
Translations (50)
el ακατάλυτος (not destructible) · ca indestructible (not destructible) · be неразбуральны (not destructible) · el ακατεδάφιστος (not destructible) · grc ἀνώλεθρος (not destructible) · sv oförgänglig (not destructible) · ja 丈夫な (not destructible) · ja びくともしない (not destructible) · el ακατέστραπτος (not destructible) · cs nezničitelný (not destructible) · gv neuhraartagh (not destructible) · gl indestruible (not destructible) · ja 潰せない (not destructible) · ja 壊せない (not destructible) · hy անկործանելի (not destructible) · es indestructible (not destructible) · nb uslitelig (not destructible) · be непарушны (not destructible) · el ακατανίκητος (not destructible) · eo nedetruebla (not destructible) · ru неразруши́мый (not destructible) · el αντίστρεπτος (not destructible) · grc ἀκατάστρεπτος (not destructible) · el άθραυστος (not destructible) · pl niezniszczalny (not destructible) · la indēlēbilis (not destructible) · ro indestructibil (not destructible) · nb som ikke kan ødelegges (not destructible) · fr indestructible (not destructible) · sv outplånlig (not destructible) · hy անկործան (not destructible) · el άφθαρτος (not destructible) · uk незнище́нний (not destructible) · de unzerstörbar (not destructible) · el άτρωτος (not destructible) · grc ἀτειρής (not destructible) · uk незруйно́вний (not destructible) · hu elpusztíthatatlan (not destructible) · bg неразбиваем (not destructible) · hi अविनाशी (not destructible) · de unvernichtbar (not destructible) · nb uforgjengelig (not destructible) · it indistruttibile (not destructible) · ja 堅い (not destructible) · nl onverwoestbaar (not destructible) · pt indestrutível (not destructible) · ru неруши́мый (not destructible) · el ανθεκτικός (not destructible) · fi tuhoutumaton (not destructible) · sv oförstörbar (not destructible)