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indestructible

adjectiveattested in dialogue

  • //ɪndɪˈstɹʌktɪbəl//

Not destructible; incapable of decomposition or of being destroyed; invincible.

adjective

  1. 1

    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.

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 *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlomder. Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English destructible English indestructible From in- + destructible.

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