invulnerable
/ɪnˈvʌln(ə)rəb(ə)l
/adjective
Impossible to harm or damage: no state in the region is now invulnerable to attack by another...
- I mean, not everyone wakes up one morning to find themselves invulnerable to physical harm and super strong.
- In a country that seemed so invulnerable to harm, everything was lost in a single moment.
- With fear of death and fear of pain unplugged, they are in a sense invulnerable and invincible.
Synonyms
impervious, insusceptible, immune, insensitive;
indestructible, impenetrable, impregnable, unassailable, unattackable, inviolable, invincible, unshakeable, secure, safe, safe and sound, strong;
proof against
Derivatives
invulnerability
/ noun ...- ‘When I came to New York 12 years ago, it was a place of safety, invulnerability.
- The largest domestic attack on U.S. civilians in our history, it shattered forever the sense of security and invulnerability conferred on us by our geographic separation from the rest of the world.
- They represent authority and invulnerability.
invulnerably
- He was not a superman who waded invulnerably into the slaughter, single-handedly slaying the foe by myriads. He was just a man doing a job.
- We live in nature and we feed on environment, thus, invulnerably our activities have great effects on the surroundings.
Origin
Late 16th century (earlier than vulnerable): from Latin invulnerabilis, from in- 'not' + vulnerabilis (see vulnerable).
vulnerable from early 17th century:
This comes from late Latin vulnerabilis, from vulnus ‘wound’. The word appeared later than its opposite invulnerable which is late 16th century.