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The definition of implacable is someone or something who cannot be calmed or made less angry.

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An example of implacable is a screaming child who won't listen to reason.

See implacable in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

not placable; that cannot be appeased or pacified; relentless; inexorable
Rare that cannot be eased, lessened, or allayed

Origin: Fr < L implacabilis

Related Forms:

implacability noun
implacably adverb

See implacable in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Impossible to placate or appease: implacable foes; implacable suspicion.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin implācābilis

Origin: : in-, not; see in-¹

Origin: + plācābilis, placable; see placable

Related Forms:

im·placˌa·bilˈi·ty, im·placˈa·ble·ness noun

im·placˈa·bly adverb

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