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INDOMITABLE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Impossible to subdue
Synonyms:
indomitable; never-say-die; unsubduable
Classified under:
Similar:
unconquerable (not capable of being conquered or vanquished or overcome)
Derivation:
indomitability (the property being difficult or impossible to defeat)
Context examples:
It was the old, indomitable, terrible Wolf Larsen, imprisoned somewhere within that flesh which had once been so invincible and splendid.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Indomitable, never resting, fighting for seconds and minutes all week, circumventing delays and crushing down obstacles, a fount of resistless energy, a high-driven human motor, a demon for work, now that he had accomplished the week's task he was in a state of collapse.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
But in the face of it he was indomitable.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
But at front and rear, unawed and indomitable, toiled the two men who were not yet dead.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Hated by his kind and by mankind, indomitable, perpetually warred upon and himself waging perpetual war, his development was rapid and one-sided.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
But the cub knew what it was, and with a last, long wail that had in it more of triumph than grief, he ceased his noise and waited for the coming of his mother, of his ferocious and indomitable mother who fought and killed all things and was never afraid.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
