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invincible Definition

in·vin·cible (in vinsə bəl)

adjective

that cannot be overcome; unconquerable

Etymology: ME invyncyble < MFr invincible < L invincibilis: see in- & vincible

invincible Related Forms

in·vin′·cibil·ity noun or in·vin·cible·ness in·vin·cibly adverb

invincible Synonyms

invincible

modif.

unconquerable, invulnerable, insuperable, impregnable; see powerful 1, strong 1, 2.

invincible Usage Examples

Noun used with modifier

carrier: Lynda Cash was Leading Medical Assistant Brian Waling when she served alongside the Duke of York on the carrier Invincible in the Falklands.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

make: How can just a few people make a country invincible?

Modifies a noun

  • ignorance: They also are in material heresy only, through their invincible ignorance.
  • warrior: Huitzilopochtli, however, was suddenly reborn, wearing full armor and acting as an invincible warrior.
  • carrier: In such a circumstance an Invincible size carrier will be insufficient.
  • army: Its army was known to be an invincible army.
  • mode: There is an invincible mode on Arabian Nights, which i am sure you do already know of.
  • spirit: He is fighting for us in our lives today by the power of his invincible Spirit.

Modifying Another Word

  • seemingly: The seemingly invincible Peter Dempsey was coming to Castle Combe.
  • almost: Doing this renders you almost invincible allowing general carnage in your vicinity!
  • so: And we are not quite so invincible as we always imagined.
  • not: Chelsea are not invincible, the league is not won.
  • virtually: Together, at their peak, they were virtually invincible.
  • apparently: In 1964 Arkle and Mill House were both apparently invincible.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: Their hegemony was established by straight force without cultural subversion a force which seemed invincible.
  • feel: The victors would have felt invincible, the victims would have shaken their fists at the fates.
  • become: Collect it and you become invincible for 10 seconds allowing you to just run into enemies to kill them.
  • look: Braking hard into the hairpin on the first lap Webster looked simply invincible.
  • mean: Napoleon was by now master of the continent, but Maida again showed that his troops were by no means invincible.
  • prove: By round 4, Leonard was beginning to prove invincible.