Impregnability
51Gibraltar — 1590s, ancient Calpe, captured 710 C.E. by Saracen leader Tariq, renamed Jebel el Tarik the Mountain of Tarik, hence the English name. A British possession since 1704. Figurative of impregnability by 1856 …
52impregnable — (adj.) early 15c., imprenable impossible to capture, from M.Fr. imprenable invulnerable, from assimilated form of in not, opposite of (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + O.Fr. prenable assailable, vulnerable, from stem of prendre to take, grasp, from L.… …
53invincibility — in·vin·ci·bil·i·ty || ɪn‚vɪnsɪ bɪlÉ™tɪ n. impregnability, quality of being undefeatable, quality of being impossible to conquer …
54invulnerability — in·vul·ner·a·bil·i·ty || ɪn‚vÊŒlnÉ™rÉ™ bɪlÉ™tɪ n. quality of being invulnerable, impregnability; quality of being impossible to physically damage or harm …
55impregnable — adjective unable to be captured or broken into. ↘unable to be overcome. Derivatives impregnability noun impregnably adverb …
56strength — n. 1. Power, might, force, potency, puissance, nerve, vigor. 2. Solidity, toughness, hardness. 3. Impregnability. 4. Lustiness, brawniness, robustness, stoutness. 5. Fortitude, courage, spirit, animation, firmness, resolution. 6. Validity,… …
57impregnable — adjective 1 a building that is impregnable is so strong that no one can get into it by force: an impregnable fortress 2 formal attitudes, opinions etc that are impregnable cannot be changed or influenced: her impregnable obstinacy impregnably… …
58inviolability — n 1. inalienability, inviolacy, untouchability; sacredness, sanctity, sacrosanctness, holiness. 2. invulnerability, impregnability, impenetrability, invincibility, indomitability, unconquerability; unas sailableness, unattackableness,… …
59invulnerability — n 1. indestructibility, indestruct ibleness, undestroyability, undestroyableness, imperishability, imperishableness, nonperishability, nonperishableness, unwoundability, unwoundableness, Obs., Rare. imperdibility, Obs., Rare. imperdibleness. 2.… …
60might — n 1. force, power, strength, mightiness, brute force or strength, toughness, powerfulness, forcefulness, sturdiness, stalwartness; brawn, beef, muscle, physique, Inf. beefiness, Inf. huskiness, Inf. heftiness; stability, solidity, staunchness,… …
