Standard Lemma guide

indestructible

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ɪndɪˈstɹʌktɪbəl/
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  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N D AH0 S T R AH1 K T IH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not destructible; incapable of decomposition or of being destroyed; invincible.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: undestroyable, undestructable, unbreakable, unruinable, unwreckable

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

not easily destroyed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: destructible

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

very long lasting

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • less durable rocks were gradually worn away to form valleys
  • the perdurable granite of the ancient Appalachian spine of the continent

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: durable, perdurable, undestroyable

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English destruct Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English destructible English indestructible From in- + destructible.

Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: անկործան (ankorcan) — not destructible
  • Armenian: անկործանելի (ankorcaneli) — not destructible
  • Belarusian: неразбуральны (njerazburalʹny) — not destructible
  • Belarusian: непарушны (njeparušny) — not destructible
  • Bulgarian: неразбиваем (nerazbivaem) — not destructible
  • Catalan: indestructible — not destructible
  • Czech: nezničitelný — not destructible
  • Dutch: onverwoestbaar — not destructible
  • Esperanto: nedetruebla — not destructible
  • Finnish: tuhoutumaton — not destructible
  • French: indestructible — not destructible
  • Galician: indestruible — not destructible
  • German: unzerstörbar — not destructible
  • German: unvernichtbar — not destructible
  • Greek: άφθαρτος (áfthartos) — not destructible
  • Greek: ακατάλυτος (akatálytos) — not destructible
  • Greek: αντίστρεπτος (antístreptos) — not destructible
  • Greek: άθραυστος (áthrafstos) — not destructible
  • Greek: ανθεκτικός (anthektikós) — not destructible
  • Greek: ακατέστραπτος (akatéstraptos) — not destructible
  • Greek: ακατεδάφιστος (akatedáfistos) — not destructible
  • Greek: άτρωτος (átrotos) — not destructible
  • Greek: ακατανίκητος (akataníkitos) — not destructible
  • Ancient Greek: ἀνώλεθρος (anṓlethros) — not destructible
  • Ancient Greek: ἀτειρής (ateirḗs) — not destructible
  • Ancient Greek: ἀκατάστρεπτος (akatástreptos) — not destructible
  • Hindi: अविनाशी (avināśī) — not destructible
  • Hungarian: elpusztíthatatlan — not destructible
  • Italian: indistruttibile — not destructible
  • Japanese: 壊せない (kowasenai) — not destructible
  • Japanese: 潰せない (tsubusenai) — not destructible
  • Japanese: びくともしない (bikutomo-shinai) — not destructible
  • Japanese: 丈夫な (jōbu na) — not destructible
  • Japanese: 堅い (katai) — not destructible
  • Latin: indēlēbilis — not destructible
  • Manx: neuhraartagh — not destructible
  • Norwegian Bokmål: som ikke kan ødelegges — not destructible
  • Norwegian Bokmål: uforgjengelig — not destructible
  • Norwegian Bokmål: uslitelig — not destructible
  • Polish: niezniszczalny — not destructible
  • Portuguese: indestrutível — not destructible
  • Romanian: indestructibil — not destructible
  • Russian: неруши́мый (nerušímyj) — not destructible
  • Russian: неразруши́мый (nerazrušímyj) — not destructible
  • Spanish: indestructible — not destructible
  • Swedish: oförstörbar — not destructible
  • Swedish: outplånlig — not destructible
  • Swedish: oförgänglig — not destructible
  • Ukrainian: незнище́нний (neznyščénnyj) — not destructible
  • Ukrainian: незруйно́вний (nezrujnóvnyj) — not destructible
Real reading context

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