invulnerability


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in·vul·ner·a·ble

(ĭn-vŭl′nər-ə-bəl)
adj.
1. Immune to attack; impregnable.
2. Impossible to damage, injure, or wound.
[French invulnérable, from Old French, from Latin invulnerābilis : in-, not; see in-1 + vulnerāre, to wound (from vulnus, vulner-, wound; see vulnerable).]
in·vul′ner·a·bil′i·ty, in·vul′ner·a·ble·ness n.
in·vul′ner·a·bly adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. invulnerability - having the strength to withstand attack
safety - the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions; "insure the safety of the children"; "the reciprocal of safety is risk"
2. invulnerability - the property of being invulnerable; the property of being incapable of being hurt (physically or emotionally)
strength - the property of being physically or mentally strong; "fatigue sapped his strength"
immunity - the quality of being unaffected by something; "immunity to criticism"
vulnerability - susceptibility to injury or attack
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Translations

invulnerability

[ɪnˌvʌlnərəˈbɪlɪtɪ] N → invulnerabilidad f (to a)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

invulnerability

[ɪnˌvʌlnərəˈbɪlɪti] n → invulnérabilité f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

invulnerability

n → Unverwundbarkeit f, → Unverletzbarkeit f; (of fortress) → Uneinnehmbarkeit f; (lit, fig: of position) → Unangreifbarkeit f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

invulnerability

[ɪnˌvʌln/ərəˈbɪlɪtɪ] n → invulnerabilità
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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