unkillable
adjective
un·kill·able
ˌən-ˈki-lə-bəl 
: incapable of being killed : not killable
an unkillable legend
a seemingly unkillable hero
Examples of unkillable in a Sentence
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This should fix the massive balance issues the game suffered with at launch where players with top-tier gear were unkillable for those with lower tiers.
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Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
That won’t stop us from speculating and debating which matchup — the unkillable Steelers, Joe Flacco’s Browns, the Dolphins with their explosive upside?
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2024
Here was the ancient and unkillable idea that makeup, photo retouching, and now filters threaten the mental health of women.
—Charlotte Shane, WIRED, 24 Aug. 2023
There have been 37 Godzilla movies since 1954, made with inconsistent continuity, changing tone and variable quality control, but alike in that the star is unkillable both within the series and in the hearts of its admirers.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
In a scene set at the Vienna Opera House, Tom Cruise (who plays the seemingly unkillable covert agent Ethan Hunt) planned for his character to exit the building, alongside Ferguson, via its roof.
—Hanna Flint, Town & Country, 6 June 2023
Sure, turning Glenn Close’s scorned Alex Forrest into a nearly unkillable slasher villain undermined anything that was thematically interesting about the character and the movie.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Apr. 2023
The Season 3 finale at least appeared to resolve Bo-Katan’s storyline, with the two major factions of Mandalorians uniting to defeat the seemingly unkillable Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito), who’d set up a hidden Imperial base in the ruins of Mandalore.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 19 Apr. 2023
As one of the officers stands to respond to the vandalism report, his body camera sweeps the room, showing the Trump flag, a U.S. flag and a silhouette of a tardigrade — a tiny organism celebrated for being virtually unkillable.
—Mike Carter, Anchorage Daily News, 12 July 2023
Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
That won’t stop us from speculating and debating which matchup — the unkillable Steelers, Joe Flacco’s Browns, the Dolphins with their explosive upside?
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2024
Here was the ancient and unkillable idea that makeup, photo retouching, and now filters threaten the mental health of women.
—Charlotte Shane, WIRED, 24 Aug. 2023
There have been 37 Godzilla movies since 1954, made with inconsistent continuity, changing tone and variable quality control, but alike in that the star is unkillable both within the series and in the hearts of its admirers.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
In a scene set at the Vienna Opera House, Tom Cruise (who plays the seemingly unkillable covert agent Ethan Hunt) planned for his character to exit the building, alongside Ferguson, via its roof.
—Hanna Flint, Town & Country, 6 June 2023
Sure, turning Glenn Close’s scorned Alex Forrest into a nearly unkillable slasher villain undermined anything that was thematically interesting about the character and the movie.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Apr. 2023
The Season 3 finale at least appeared to resolve Bo-Katan’s storyline, with the two major factions of Mandalorians uniting to defeat the seemingly unkillable Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito), who’d set up a hidden Imperial base in the ruins of Mandalore.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 19 Apr. 2023
As one of the officers stands to respond to the vandalism report, his body camera sweeps the room, showing the Trump flag, a U.S. flag and a silhouette of a tardigrade — a tiny organism celebrated for being virtually unkillable.
—Mike Carter, Anchorage Daily News, 12 July 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1878, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near unkillable
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“Unkillable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unkillable. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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