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Invulnerability

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in·vul·ner·a·ble  (n-vlnr--bl)
adj.
1. Immune to attack; impregnable.
2. Impossible to damage, injure, or wound.
[French invulnérable, from Old French, from Latin invulnerbilis : in-, not; see in-1 + vulnerre, to wound (from vulnus, vulner-, wound; see vulnerable).]
in·vulner·a·bili·ty, in·vulner·a·ble·ness n.
in·vulner·a·bly adv.
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Noun1.invulnerability - having the strength to withstand attack
impregnability
safety - the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions; "insure the safety of the children"; "the reciprocal of safety is risk"
2.invulnerability - the property of being invulnerable; the property of being incapable of being hurt (physically or emotionally)
strength - the property of being physically or mentally strong; "fatigue sapped his strength"
immunity - the quality of being unaffected by something; "immunity to criticism"
vulnerability - susceptibility to injury or attack


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Cannon had heard so much of the invulnerability of this tremendous animal, that he never attempted to fire, but, slipping the strap from his forehead, let go the buffalo meat and ran for his life.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
But, side by side with this sense of insecurity, there is a vital faith in our invulnerability to the shaft of death while engaged in any task that seems assigned by Providence as our proper thing to do, and which the world would have cause to mourn for should we leave it unaccomplished.
Mosses From An Old Manse and other stories by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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