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inextinguishable

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in·ex·tin·guish·a·ble  (nk-stnggw-sh-bl)
adj.
Difficult or impossible to extinguish: an inextinguishable flame; an inextinguishable faith.
inex·tinguish·a·bly adv.
inextinguishable [ˌɪnɪkˈstɪŋgwɪʃəbəl]
adj
not able to be extinguished, quenched, or put to an end
inextinguishableness  n
inextinguishably  adv
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Adj.1.inextinguishable - difficult or impossible to extinguish; "an inextinguishable flame"; "an inextinguishable faith"
extinguishable - capable of being extinguished or killed; "an extinguishable fire"; "hope too is extinguishable"
Translations
inextinguishable [ˌɪnɪksˈtɪŋgwɪʃəbl] ADJ → inextinguible, inapagable
inextinguishable
adj fire → unlöschbar; love, hope → unerschütterlich, beständig; passion → unbezwinglich


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He loved her jealously, with an inextinguishable ardour and an insatiable desire - he loved her with a masterful devotion and an infinite trustfulness.
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Suddenly, some weeks before the events with which we are occupied, a report--to which nobody attached any importance, so incredible did it sound--was spread about Paris, that Mademoiselle Stangerson had at last consented to "crown" the inextinguishable flame of Monsieur Robert Darzac
The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Leroux, Gaston View in context
Even although we meet as strangers now I still love her with an INEXTINGUISHABLE love.
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