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Definition of invulnerable adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

invulnerable

adjective
 
/ɪnˈvʌlnərəbl/
 
/ɪnˈvʌlnərəbl/
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  1. that cannot be harmed or defeated
    • to be in an invulnerable position
    • Parents may seem invulnerable to their children.
    • invulnerable to something The submarine is invulnerable to attack while at sea.
    opposite vulnerable
    Word Originlate 16th cent. (earlier than vulnerable): from Latin invulnerabilis, from in- ‘not’ + vulnerabilis (from vulnerare ‘to wound’, from vulnus ‘wound’).
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