"inexpugnable" meaning in English

See inexpugnable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌɪnɛkˈspʌɡnəbəl/, /ˌɪnɪkˈspʌɡnəbəl/ Forms: more inexpugnable [comparative], most inexpugnable [superlative]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin inexpugnābilis. Morphologically, from in- + expugn + -able. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|inexpugnābilis}} Learned borrowing from Latin inexpugnābilis, {{confix|en|in|expugn|able}} in- + expugn + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} inexpugnable (comparative more inexpugnable, superlative most inexpugnable)
  1. Impossible to eliminate or destroy; impregnable. Derived forms: inexpugnability, inexpugnably Translations (impregnable, unconquerable): مَنِيع (manīʕ) (Arabic), непревзимаем (neprevzimaem) (Bulgarian), непристъпен (nepristǎpen) (Bulgarian), 不能攻占的 (bùnéng gōngzhàn de) (Chinese Mandarin), 堅不可摧 (Chinese Mandarin), 坚不可摧 (jiānbùkěcuī) (Chinese Mandarin), oninneembaar (Dutch), onneembaar (Dutch), ongenaakbaar (Dutch), vallutamatu (Estonian), järkkymätön (Finnish), horjumaton (Finnish), valloittamaton (Finnish), inexpugnable (French), inexpugnábel (Galician), unbezwinglich (German), uneinnehmbar (German), απόρθητος (apórthitos) (Greek), inespugnabile (Italian), inexpugnabilis (Latin), niepokonany (Polish), inexpugnável (Portuguese), неприступный (nepristupnyj) (Russian), неосвојив (neosvojiv) (Serbo-Croatian), несавладив (nesavladiv) (Serbo-Croatian), inexpugnable (Spanish), ointaglig (Swedish)
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          "sense": "impregnable, unconquerable",
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