IMPREGNABLE


Meaning of IMPREGNABLE in English

1.

If you describe a building or other place as ~, you mean that it cannot be broken into or captured.

The old Dutch fort with its thick high walls looks virtually ~...

= impenetrable

ADJ

2.

If you say that a person or group is ~, or their position is ~, you think they cannot be defeated by anyone.

The Bundesbank’s seemingly ~ position has begun to weaken.

= unassailable

ADJ

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