Meanings
- not comparableNot destructible; incapable of decomposition or of being destroyed; invincible.
But this was precisely what Rosa Luxemburg believed; and she held that the revolutionary potential of the working masses was indestructible, though it might be temporarily stifled by arrogant leaders.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 84Synonyms: undestroyable, undestructable, unbreakable, unruinable, unwreckable
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot destructible; incapable of decomposition or of being destroyed; invincible.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivevery long lasting
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Italic*n̥-
- Latinin-
- Middle Englishin-
- Englishin-
- Latindēstrūctibili
- Englishdestructible
- Englishindestructible
From in- + destructible.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀνώλεθρος, ἀτειρής
- ἀνώλεθρος (anṓlethros)not destructible
- ἀτειρής (ateirḗs)not destructible
- ἀκατάστρεπτος (akatástreptos)not destructible
Bulgarian неразбиваем
- неразбиваем (nerazbivaem)not destructible
Catalan indestructible
- indestructiblenot destructible
Czech nezničitelný
- nezničitelnýnot destructible
Dutch onverwoestbaar
- onverwoestbaarnot destructible
Esperanto nedetruebla
- nedetrueblanot destructible
Finnish tuhoutumaton
- tuhoutumatonnot destructible
French indestructible
- indestructiblenot destructible
German unzerstörbar, unvernichtbar
- unzerstörbarnot destructible
- unvernichtbarnot destructible
Greek άφθαρτος, ακατάλυτος
- άφθαρτος (áfthartos)not destructible
- ακατάλυτος (akatálytos)not destructible
- αντίστρεπτος (antístreptos)not destructible
- άθραυστος (áthrafstos)not destructible
- ανθεκτικός (anthektikós)not destructible
- ακατέστραπτος (akatéstraptos)not destructible
- ακατεδάφιστος (akatedáfistos)not destructible
- άτρωτος (átrotos)not destructible
- ακατανίκητος (akataníkitos)not destructible
Hindi अविनाशी
- अविनाशी (avināśī)not destructible
Hungarian elpusztíthatatlan
- elpusztíthatatlannot destructible
Italian indistruttibile
- indistruttibilenot destructible
Japanese 壊せない, 潰せない
- 壊せない (kowasenai)not destructible
- 潰せない (tsubusenai)not destructible
- びくともしない (bikutomo-shinai)not destructible
- 丈夫な (jōbu na)not destructible
- 堅い (katai)not destructible
Latin indēlēbilis
- indēlēbilisnot destructible
Norwegian Bokmål som ikke kan ødelegges, uforgjengelig
- som ikke kan ødeleggesnot destructible
- uforgjengelignot destructible
- uslitelignot destructible
Polish niezniszczalny
- niezniszczalnynot destructible
Portuguese indestrutível
- indestrutívelnot destructible
Romanian indestructibil
- indestructibilnot destructible
Russian неруши́мый, неразруши́мый
- неруши́мый (nerušímyj)not destructible
- неразруши́мый (nerazrušímyj)not destructible
Spanish indestructible
- indestructiblenot destructible
Swedish oförstörbar, outplånlig
- oförstörbarnot destructible
- outplånlignot destructible
- oförgänglignot destructible
Ukrainian незнище́нний, незруйно́вний
- незнище́нний (neznyščénnyj)not destructible
- незруйно́вний (nezrujnóvnyj)not destructible
Cite this entry
indestructible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indestructible
“indestructible.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indestructible. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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