unbreakable


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un·break·a·ble

 (ŭn-brā′kə-bəl)
adj.
1. Impossible to break; able to withstand rough usage: unbreakable plates.
2. Able to withstand an attempt to break. Used of a horse.
n.
An article or object that is not easily broken.

un·break′a·ble·ness n.
un·break′a·bly adv.
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unbreakable

(ʌnˈbreɪkəbəl)
adj
not able to be broken
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.unbreakable - impossible to break especially under ordinary usageunbreakable - impossible to break especially under ordinary usage; "unbreakable plastic dinnerwear"
breakable - capable of being broken or damaged; "earthenware pottery is breakable"; "breakable articles should be packed carefully"
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unbreakable

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
nerozbitný
brudsikker
särkymätön
neslomljiv
壊すことのできない
깨지지 않는
okrossbar
ซึ่งไม่สามารถทำให้แตกได้
không thể bẻ gẫy

unbreakable

[ˈʌnˈbreɪkəbl] ADJirrompible
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unbreakable

[ʌnˈbreɪkəbəl] adj
[object, window, material] → incassable
[rule] → inviolable
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unbreakable

adj glass, toyunzerbrechlich; recordnicht zu brechen pred; rule, lawunumstößlich, feststehend attr; promise, silenceunverbrüchlich; an unbreakable habiteine Angewohnheit, die man nicht loswerden or ablegen kann; an unbreakable unioneine unlösbare Verbindung
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unbreakable

[ʌnˈbreɪkəbl] adjinfrangibile
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

unbreakable

غَيْرُ قَابِلٍ لِلكَسْر nerozbitný brudsikker unzerbrechlich άθραυστος irrompible särkymätön incassable neslomljiv infrangibile 壊すことのできない 깨지지 않는 onbreekbaar uknuselig nietłukący inquebrável небьющийся okrossbar ซึ่งไม่สามารถทำให้แตกได้ kırılmaz không thể bẻ gẫy 牢不可破的
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Then she looked up, and their eyes met again, remained fastened together, like an unbreakable bond, like a clasp of eternal complicity; and the decorous silence, the pervading quietude of the house which enveloped this meeting of their glances became for a moment inexpressibly vile, for he was afraid she would say too much and make magnanimity impossible, while behind the profound mournfulness of her face there was a regret--a regret of things done--the regret of delay--the thought that if she had only turned back a week sooner--a day sooner--only an hour sooner.
It was heartbreaking, only Buck's heart was unbreakable. The man in the red sweater had proved that.
That was "competition," so far as it concerned the wage-earner, the man who had only his labor to sell; to those on top, the exploiters, it appeared very differently, of course--there were few of them, and they could combine and dominate, and their power would be unbreakable. And so all over the world two classes were forming, with an unbridged chasm between them--the capitalist class, with its enormous fortunes, and the proletariat, bound into slavery by unseen chains.
"After him I saw huge Orion in a meadow full of asphodel driving the ghosts of the wild beasts that he had killed upon the mountains, and he had a great bronze club in his hand, unbreakable for ever and ever.
He was a patentee of the Openshaw unbreakable tire, and his business met with such success that he was able to sell it and to retire upon a handsome competence.
Nevertheless the delusion persisted in the wealthy class that an absolutely unbreakable will could be cast; and so, through the generations, clients and lawyers pursued the illusion.
Only Hope remained there in an unbreakable home within under the rim of the great jar, and did not fly out at the door; for ere that, the lid of the jar stopped her, by the will of Aegis-holding Zeus who gathers the clouds.
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