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Indestructible

Not destructible; incapable of decomposition or of being destroyed.

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Imperishable 84% connected

Not perishable; not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring permanently; as, an imperishable monument; imperishable renown.

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Imperishable 84% connected

Not perishable; not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring permanently; as, an imperishable monument; imperishable renown.

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Undestroyable 84% connected

Indestructible.

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Undestroyable 84% connected

Indestructible.

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Destructibility 66% connected

The quality of being capable of destruction; destructibleness.

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Destructibility 66% connected

The quality of being capable of destruction; destructibleness.

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Durable 92% connected

Able to endure or continue in a particular condition; lasting; not perishable or changeable; not wearing out or decaying soon; enduring; as, durable…

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Perdurable 92% connected

Very durable; lasting; continuing long.

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Undestroyable 92% connected

Indestructible.

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Destructible 94% connected

Liable to destruction; capable of being destroyed.

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Destructible 94% connected

Liable to destruction; capable of being destroyed.

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By pref. · 78% connection

With, as means, way, process, etc.; through means of; with aid of; through; through the act or agency of; as, a city is destroyed by f…

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Canthoplasty noun · 78% connection

The operation of forming a new canthus, when one has been destroyed by injury or disease.

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Conservation noun · 78% connection

The principle that energy or matter is neither created nor destroyed

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Conservation of mass noun · 78% connection

a fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system

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Conservation of matter noun · 78% connection

a fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system

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Consumable adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being consumed; that may be destroyed, dissipated, wasted, or spent.

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Countermure noun · 78% connection

A wall raised behind another, to supply its place when breached or destroyed. [R.] Cf. Contramure.

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Deperdit noun · 78% connection

That which is lost or destroyed.

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Desolate adjective · 78% connection

Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars.

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Destroyable adjective · 78% connection

Destructible.

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Destructibleness noun · 78% connection

The quality of being destructible.

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Destruction noun · 78% connection

The state of being destroyed, demolished, ruined, slain, or devastated.

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Extant adjective · 78% connection

Still existing; not destroyed or lost; outstanding.

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Extinguishable adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being quenched, destroyed, or suppressed.

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Fall verb · 78% connection

To be overthrown or captured; to be destroyed.

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Flat superl. · 78% connection

Lying at full length, or spread out, upon the ground; level with the ground or earth; prostrate; as, to lie flat on the ground; hence,…

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Fragile adjective · 78% connection

Easily broken; brittle; frail; delicate; easily destroyed.

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Frail superl · 78% connection

Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.

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