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.
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