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# indestructible

«indestructible» in Mova's school dictionary: **impossible to break or destroy** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (indestructible); noun indestructibility

### meaning for a pupil

1) Indestructible means impossible to break or destroy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indestructible/#m1)

2) (informal) Indestructible can mean very strong and long-lasting, even if not truly unbreakable, like an indestructible old phone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indestructible/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and superhero comics it describes heroes, armour and magic objects; in everyday life it praises tough toys and tools. Phrases: «almost indestructible», «seemingly indestructible».

### examples

- The superhero's shield was indestructible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indestructible/#x1)
- My old phone seems indestructible; I've dropped it a hundred times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indestructible/#x2)
- These toys are almost indestructible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indestructible/#x3)
- Plastic is nearly indestructible, which is why it pollutes the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indestructible/#x4)
- Diamonds are very hard, but not indestructible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indestructible/#x5)
- The castle walls seemed indestructible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indestructible/#x6)
- Our friendship felt indestructible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indestructible/#x7)
- Tardigrades are tiny animals that are nearly indestructible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indestructible/#x8)
- "No," she replied, with quiet confidence, "it is indestructible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indestructible/#x9)

### note

In + destructible: «destructible» means can be destroyed. Ends in -ible, not -able. Real objects are rarely truly indestructible; people often exaggerate.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «indestructible» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indestructible/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.