inextinguishable

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Etymology

From in- +‎ extinguishable.

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inextinguishable (comparative more inextinguishable, superlative most inextinguishable)

  1. 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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