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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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.
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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
Before his death in 1964, Ian Fleming wrote 14 books about James Bond, and the literary franchise, just like 007 himself, has proved unkillable.
—Anna Pitoniak, Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2023
But Chucky is almost unkillable.
—Vulture, 20 Jan. 2023
With Lanegan’s death, most of grunge’s remaining living icons are the no-nonsense guys in the middle, such as Tad Doyle and Mudhoney’s Mark Arm, too dependable to die, and dedicated self-preservationists such as Eddie Vedder, hopefully unkillable, and Love.
—Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2022
This character is unkillable.
—Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2022
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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
Before his death in 1964, Ian Fleming wrote 14 books about James Bond, and the literary franchise, just like 007 himself, has proved unkillable.
—Anna Pitoniak, Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2023
But Chucky is almost unkillable.
—Vulture, 20 Jan. 2023
With Lanegan’s death, most of grunge’s remaining living icons are the no-nonsense guys in the middle, such as Tad Doyle and Mudhoney’s Mark Arm, too dependable to die, and dedicated self-preservationists such as Eddie Vedder, hopefully unkillable, and Love.
—Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2022
This character is unkillable.
—Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2022
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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 22 Sep. 2023.
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