Meanings
- uncountableThe condition of being indestructible.
For it is the job of men, she said, to stop women from realizing their own indestructibility, and for as long as possible.
2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 2952 more examples
The doctrine of the immortality, the indestructibility, of the soul is responsible for the traditional view that the wicked are kept alive in unending misery through all eternity.
1812, W. A. Spicer, Our Day in the Light of Prophecy, The Stanborough Press, Limited, page 291As from the years of four to eight there is great danger that overemphasis of the activities of the Yet, in its liquid and gaseous state, matter often exhibits still more extraordinary instances of indestructibility or resistance to decomposition ; and it should be especially remarked, that its indestructibility or indecomposable power appears to hold a direct proportion to its subtilty, its levity, its activity, its refined ethereal or spiritualized modification of being.
1828, Gerrit Smith, John Mason Good, Peter Smith, The Book of Nature, J. & J. Harper, page 22
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe strength to resist destruction
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Translations
Catalan indestructibilitat
- indestructibilitatThe condition of destructible
French indestructibilité
- indestructibilitéThe condition of destructible
Greek αφθαρσία, ευσυνειδησία
- αφθαρσία (aftharsía)The condition of destructible
- ευσυνειδησία (efsyneidisía)The condition of destructible
- αδιαλυτότητα (adialytótita)The condition of destructible
Hindi अविनाश
- अविनाश (avināś)The condition of destructible
Italian indistruttibilità
- indistruttibilitàThe condition of destructible
Portuguese indestrutibilidade
- indestrutibilidadeThe condition of destructible
Spanish indestructibilidad
- indestructibilidadThe condition of destructible
Cite this entry
indestructibility. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indestructibility
“indestructibility.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indestructibility. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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