unbreakable
English
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Adjective
[edit]unbreakable (comparative more unbreakable, superlative most unbreakable)
- Difficult or impossible to break and therefore able to withstand rough usage.
- Synonym: infrangible
- Hypernym: tough
- unbreakable comb
- 2023 May 18, Christopher Clarey, “Even as He’s Out, Rafael Nadal Will Always Be a Part of the French Open”, in The New York Times[1]:
- His 14 singles titles still look like a typo even for those like me who have watched him build that probably unbreakable record, red brick by red brick.
- (figurative) Resilient.
- the unbreakable spirit of the rebels
- (of a horse) Not able to be broken in.
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[edit]difficult or impossible to break
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(figuratively) resilient
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See also
[edit]- (horses or rebels): free-spirited, indominable, invincible, willful
Noun
[edit]unbreakable (plural unbreakables)
- Something that cannot be broken.
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