invulnerable
adjective
in·vul·ner·a·ble
(ˌ)in-ˈvəl-n(ə-)rə-bəl 
-nər-bəl
1
: incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed
2
: immune to or proof against attack : impregnable
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Examples of invulnerable in a Sentence
teenagers who think they are invulnerable
The candidate seems to be in an invulnerable position.
The team seems invulnerable this season.
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No prior definition of national interest had required the world’s most secure, invulnerable country to risk nuclear war over territories on distant continents, or to rebuild former enemies as industrial dynamos and economic competitors.
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Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 27 May 2024
UConn won its 30th regular-season conference title, remained unbeaten in the Big East and looks as invulnerable as ever for the conference tournament at Mohegan Sun in three weeks.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 19 Feb. 2024
There is still time to introduce alternative security methods like lattice cryptography that are invulnerable to this kind of quantum cracking.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Apr. 2024
Burrow sees Venture use that drill to move underground, becoming invulnerable in the process.
—Kris Holt, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
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Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 27 May 2024
UConn won its 30th regular-season conference title, remained unbeaten in the Big East and looks as invulnerable as ever for the conference tournament at Mohegan Sun in three weeks.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 19 Feb. 2024
There is still time to introduce alternative security methods like lattice cryptography that are invulnerable to this kind of quantum cracking.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Apr. 2024
Burrow sees Venture use that drill to move underground, becoming invulnerable in the process.
—Kris Holt, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
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invulnerable
adjective
in·vul·ner·a·ble
(ˈ)in-ˈvəln-(ə-)rə-bəl
-ˈvəl-nər-bəl
1
: impossible to wound, injure, or damage
2
: immune to or proof against attack : impregnable
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