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What (who) is impregnable - definition
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Impregnable
impregnable
a.
1.
Unassailable, inexpugnable, not to be taken by assault, not to be stormed, secure from capture, tenable against all odds.
2.
Unassailable, invulnerable, invincible, immovable, not to be shaken, irrefragable.
impregnable
1.
If you describe a building or other place as impregnable, you mean that it cannot be broken into or captured.
The old Dutch fort with its thick high walls looks virtually impregnable...
= impenetrable
ADJ
2.
If you say that a person or group is impregnable, or their position is impregnable, you think they cannot be defeated by anyone.
The Bundesbank's seemingly impregnable position has begun to weaken.
= unassailable
ADJ
impregnable
¦ adjective unable to be captured or broken into.
?unable to be overcome.
Derivatives
impregnability noun
impregnably adverb
Wikipedia
HMS Impregnable
Two ships and two establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Impregnable:
Examples of use of impregnable
1. The alleyways of the camp are impassable to tanks and all but impregnable to troops.
2. And with security impregnable, the mood was extremely somber and serious — for obvious reasons.
3. Although its Kremlin walls were eventually dismantled, Mozhaisk was at one point an impregnable fortress.
4. Let our people rest assured that their rights are in safe and impregnable hands.
5. The Germans had made Monte Cassino the most impregnable defensive position in Europe.