as in invincible
incapable of being defeated, overcome, or subdued
typically teenagers suppose themselves to be invulnerable, so they take needless risks
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Recent Examples of invulnerable
The invulnerable | 2024 | France | Lucas Bacle | While caring for his ailing father, Marcus, 17, has only a few days left to submit the short film needed to apply for his dream film school.
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 June 2025
No sooner has this block of exposition concluded than a cyberattack cripples every system in the U.S.A., including all the ones that had been thought invulnerable.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Lila, so often implacable and invulnerable, is scared and uncertain.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2024
But his opposition to regulation was invulnerable to evidence.
—Paul Romer, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2020
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 June 2025
No sooner has this block of exposition concluded than a cyberattack cripples every system in the U.S.A., including all the ones that had been thought invulnerable.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Lila, so often implacable and invulnerable, is scared and uncertain.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2024
But his opposition to regulation was invulnerable to evidence.
—Paul Romer, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for invulnerable
Adjective
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Accomplished at riding these vehicles and feeling invincible, I was shocked as anyone at the extent of damage to my right elbow as a result of the fall.—
Scott Kramer,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The giant cactus is exceptionally resilient and long-lived—but not invincible.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
25 July 2025
Adjective
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Resilience is the key The word ‘resilient’ used to mean impregnable and capable of withstanding all challenges.—
David Parker,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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One of the grandest occasions in golf was in 1930, when the great Bobby Jones won the British Amateur at St. Andrews and then captured the claret jug at Royal Liverpool on his way to winning the Grand Slam of that era — the impregnable quadrilateral, as it was called.—
Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
16 July 2025
Adjective
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Read on to find out more about bulletproof coffee and if the wellness claims surrounding it are actually true.—
Alessandra Signorelli,
Vogue,
30 Apr. 2025
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From bulletproof glass to panic buttons, jurisdictions across the U.S. are taking unprecedented steps to protect election workers and ballots amid concerns about voter intimidation, fraud and even violence at the polls.—
Sophia Cai,
Axios,
20 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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Tanks, a helicopter, and armored vehicles alongside armed soldiers in a promotional screenshot for Battlefield 6.—
Oliver Brandt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Aug. 2025
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The ship was one of the most heavily armored ever built.—
Jess Fleming,
Twin Cities,
3 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Perfectionism often gets misunderstood as an unstoppable striving for excellence, a quality that many of us would love to (half-heartedly) lament.—
Caroline Mimbs Nyce,
New Yorker,
5 Aug. 2025
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Kafka is the master of bringing immoveable objects into contact with unstoppable forces and building traps that fit only one person or animal in creation.—
Jon Raymond
August 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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As Republicans scramble in the aftermath, our campaign will continue to build insurmountable momentum needed to win next November.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Aug. 2025
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At first glance, those numbers are insurmountable for a state that just closed the fiscal year with a $2.6 billion surplus equal to 10% of its entire General Fund.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Mountains as towering, imposing and seemingly unconquerable landscapes have been metaphorically linked to power and challenge.—
Jenny Hall,
CNN Money,
14 May 2025
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The Latin word Invictus means unconquerable or undefeated.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Smartly, Chad Stahelski, Len Wiseman Shay Hatten allow Ana de Armas ample room to establish a presence for Eve in the world of John Wick that’s just as indomitable as Reeves’.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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The Chinese empire had long been regarded as fearsome and indomitable, but not anymore.—
Sam Kelly,
Time,
8 July 2025
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“Invulnerable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invulnerable. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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