indestructible
adjective
in·de·struc·ti·ble
ˌin-di-ˈstrək-tə-bəl 
: incapable of being destroyed, ruined, or rendered ineffective
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diamonds are widely considered to be indestructible because they are one of the hardest known substances
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The eight-legged, microscopic animals are known for being nearly indestructible.
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Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
In a home in Park City, Utah, for instance, the firm installed solid white quartz counters that are nearly indestructible, but used more finicky Calacatta Arabescato marble with dramatic swirls of gray for the backsplash.
—Tim McKeough, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
The sturdy material of its hardside suitcases is virtually indestructible and its 360-degree wheels roll like a dream.
—Jasmine Grant, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2024
An indestructible seed, made up of time, duration, stability, codes, traditions, prejudices, and norms that has taken root deeply—over the course of the past seven centuries—and with little if any variation.
—Hazlitt, 26 Nov. 2024
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Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
In a home in Park City, Utah, for instance, the firm installed solid white quartz counters that are nearly indestructible, but used more finicky Calacatta Arabescato marble with dramatic swirls of gray for the backsplash.
—Tim McKeough, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
The sturdy material of its hardside suitcases is virtually indestructible and its 360-degree wheels roll like a dream.
—Jasmine Grant, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2024
An indestructible seed, made up of time, duration, stability, codes, traditions, prejudices, and norms that has taken root deeply—over the course of the past seven centuries—and with little if any variation.
—Hazlitt, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Indestructible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indestructible. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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