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English
Etymology
in- + extinguishable
Adjective
inextinguishable (comparative more inextinguishable, superlative most inextinguishable)
- Incapable of being extinguished, not extinguishable.
1979 August 11, Lawrence Mass, “Psychiatry on Trial”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 4, page 8:These achievements were made at a bloody cost and required courage and indomitable honesty, evidence of the inextinguishable will to survive and to be self-actualized in the face of unspeakable dangers.
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incapable of being extinguished