in·de·struc·ti·ble

(ĭn′dĭ-strŭk′tə-bəl)

adj.

Impossible to destroy: indestructible furniture; indestructible faith.

[Late Latin indēstrūctibilis : Latin in-, not; see in-¹ + Latin dēstrūctibilis, destructible (from Latin dēstrūctus, past participle of dēstruere, to destroy; see destroy).]

in′de·struc′ti·bil′i·ty, in′de·struc′ti·ble·ness n.

in′de·struc′ti·bly adv.

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Noun

indestructibility - the strength to resist destruction

durability, enduringness, lastingness, strength - permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force; "they advertised the durability of their products"

destructibility - vulnerability to destruction

Translations

indestructibilité

indestructibility

[ˌɪndɪstrʌktəˈbɪlɪtɪ] N → indestructibilidad f

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indestructibility

n → Unzerstörbarkeit f

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The physical organization, its decay, the indestructibility of matter, the law of the conservation of energy, evolution, were the words which usurped the place of his old belief.

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This valuable metal possesses the whiteness of silver, the indestructibility of gold, the tenacity of iron, the fusibility of copper, the lightness of glass.

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Our world is to be constructed out of what the American realists call "neutral" entities, which have neither the hardness and indestructibility of matter, nor the reference to objects which is supposed to characterize mind.

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No subversive radium speculations had shaken his steady scientific faith in the conservation of energy and the indestructibility of matter.

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