unexpugnableadj.
= inexpugnable adj.
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society > armed hostility > victory > [adjective] > invincible
insuperablec1340
unvanquishablea1382
unexpugnable1382
invincible1412
unovercomablec1475
unvictable1533
unvincible1554
unvinceable1568
Achillean1579
unconquerable1598
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [adjective] > not overcome or overwhelmed > that cannot be
insuperablec1340
unvanquishablea1382
unexpugnable1382
invincible1482
unsuperable1526
inexpugnablea1535
unvincible1554
impugnable1570
conquerless1595
invictivea1607
inaccessible?1611
unsubduable1611
insuppressivea1616
inexsuperable1623
undefeatablea1640
unconquerable1642
irreducible1858
tower-proof1858
insubduable1866
uncrushable1873
unwinnable1972
society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > [adjective]
stithc1000
strongOE
fastenedOE
warneda1300
strengtheda1382
unpregnable1387
embattledc1400
enbanedc1400
warrayable14..
impregnable1430
inexpugnable1490
strengthy1513
bulwarkeda1533
unexpugnable1533
fortified1538
well-fortified1538
unwinnablec1540
forced1548
forted1566
unbatterable1576
fencible?1579
unforcible1611
impregnate1632
untakable1652
of (good) force1697
casemated1740
well-girt1756
embattled1765
strongish1821
unbreachable1866
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ezek. xxxii. 12 Alle thes folkis ben vnexpugnable, or mowen not be ouercomen.
1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) 2 Macc. xii. 21.
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. ii. iv. 140 He began to edifie ane strang toure..quhilk be municioun and straitnes of þe ground apperit Vnexpugnabil.
1608 G. Chapman Conspiracie Duke of Byron iii. sig. F3 Their owne strengths Are not so sure, and vnexpugnable But that [etc.].
1653 H. Cogan tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. 70 Arabia is a country unexpugnable to a forraign enemy.
1831 W. Scott Count Robert xiii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. II. 323 A safe and unexpugnable barrier of the empire against the Saracens.
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