Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Immune to attack; impregnable: Describes something or someone that cannot be harmed, damaged, defeated, or successfully attacked.
   • Emotionally or psychologically unassailable: Describes a state of being that cannot be hurt by criticism, insults, or emotional distress.

Usage Examples

• Physical or Military Context:
  • The ancient fortress was considered invulnerable to siege.
  • The superhero's skin was completely invulnerable to bullets.
• Emotional or Psychological Context:
  • After years of meditation, she felt invulnerable to their harsh words.
  • His confidence made him seem invulnerable to failure.

Advanced Usage

• "to be invulnerable to something": To be completely protected or unaffected by a specific threat or influence.
  • The new software patch is designed to make the system invulnerable to this type of virus.
• "to render something invulnerable": To make something unable to be attacked or harmed.
  • The treaty was meant to render the small nation invulnerable to invasion.

Variants and Related Words

• Invulnerability (n): The state or quality of being invulnerable.
  • The myth spoke of a shield that granted invulnerability.
• Invulnerably (adv): In an invulnerable manner.
  • The castle was invulnerably positioned on the mountain peak.

Synonyms

• Impregnable: Unable to be captured or broken into.
• Unassailable: Unable to be attacked, questioned, or defeated.
• Impervious: Not allowing fluid to pass through; unable to be affected by.

Antonyms

• Vulnerable: Susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm.
• Defenseless: Without defense or protection; completely vulnerable.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• "An invulnerable position": A situation or location that offers complete safety from attack or harm.
  • From his invulnerable position as the company's sole expert, he could make any demand.
• "Feel invulnerable": To have a (sometimes false) sense of being immune to danger or negative consequences.
  • Teenagers often feel invulnerable, leading them to take risks.

Adjective

1. immune to attack; impregnable
   • gunners raked the beach from invulnerable positions on the cliffs