indomitable
in·dom·i·ta·ble (
n-d
m
-t
-b
l)
adj.
Incapable of being overcome, subdued, or vanquished; unconquerable.
[Late Latin indomit
bilis : Latin in-, not; see in-1 + Latin domit
re, to tame, frequentative of dom
re, to subdue; see dem
- in Indo-European roots.]
in·dom
i·ta·bil
i·ty, in·dom
i·ta·ble·ness n.
in·dom
i·ta·bly adv.
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| Adj. | 1. | indomitable – impossible to subdue
unconquerable – not capable of being conquered or vanquished or overcome; “a tribute to his courage…and his unconquerable will”- R.E.Danielson; “faced unconquerable difficulties”
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