unkillable

adjective

un·​kill·​able ˌən-ˈki-lə-bəl How to pronounce unkillable (audio)
: incapable of being killed : not killable
an unkillable legend
a seemingly unkillable hero

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On April 1, Lionsgate announced that Keanu Reeves will reprise his role as the seemingly unkillable hitman in John Wick: Chapter 5. Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 2 Apr. 2025 Despite the odds, the Jackal seems to remain unkillable. Julia Moore, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024 And if everyone thought Neeson was unkillable, then his climactic death would be significantly more shocking. Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024 The theatrical vocabulary that suggests, despite everything, that there might be an alchemic, unkillable power to this form, and by extension, to journalism, to art, to all pursuit of truth in miraculous expression? Sara Holdren, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for unkillable

Word History

First Known Use

1878, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unkillable was in 1878

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“Unkillable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unkillable. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.

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