English

Adjective

inexpugnable ‎(comparative more inexpugnable, superlative most inexpugnable)

1. Impossible to eliminate or destroy; impregnable.
   • 1840, Thomas Carlyle, Heroes and Hero Worship:

     My one hope of the world, my inexpugnable consolation in looking at the miseries of the world, is that this is altering.

   • 1911, H. G. Wells, The Country of the Blind, And Other Stories:

     It crept into one's mind, a distress as vague and inexpugnable as a sea fog on a spring morning, and presently one shivered and wanted to go indoors...

   • 1915, Joseph Conrad, Victory:

     This seemed to be an inexpugnable refuge, where we could live untroubled and learn to know each other."

Derived terms

• inexpugnability
• inexpugnably

Translations

French

Adjective

inexpugnable m, f ‎(plural inexpugnables)

1. impregnable, unassailable

Spanish

Adjective

inexpugnable m, f ‎(plural inexpugnables)

1. unassailable, inexpugnable