impregnable
IPA: ɪmprˈɛgnʌbʌɫ
adjective
- (military) Of a fortress or other fortified place: able to withstand all attacks; impenetrable, inconquerable, unvanquishable.
- (figuratively) Too strong to be defeated or overcome; invincible.
- Capable of being impregnated; impregnatable.
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Examples of "impregnable" in Sentences
- So he built an "impregnable" fortress atop the rock.
- Charleston is a strongly fortified place and I think impregnable from the water side.
- Metcalfe said her department had put into place an "impregnable" security system which had been breached.
- It was this land side, containing the citadel and other works, which so impressed outsiders with the idea of impregnable strength.
- And never fear: the harmless, "impregnable" Iranians will be more than happy to aid their Shia religious brethren to victory in that battle.
- You will storm that great fortress which men call impregnable -- you will storm it and you will vanquish it; and you will come home crowned with glory and honour!
- Given the regular news reports of enterprise data lost through laptop theft, third party misfeasance, WEP hacking, loss of backup tapes, disgruntled employees, etc., it’s not like enterprise data is currently held in impregnable Kryptonite fortresses.
- I also knew that if we could by any means defend this doorway the murderers could get in nowhere else; for the palace is absolutely impregnable, that is, since the secret door by which Sorais had entered on that memorable night of attempted murder had, by Nyleptha's order, been closed up with masonry.
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