(a.) Not placable; not to be appeased; incapable of being pacified; inexorable; as, an implacable prince.
(a.) Incapable of ebign relieved or assuaged; inextinguishable.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cameron knew the latter option was not open to him, and had the guts to follow where the implacable logic led.
(2) But political corruption and the implacable opposition of the spooks and military to progressive change are the traditional forms of anti-democratic politics, in Britain, as elsewhere.
(3) Even Obama, whom Kerry supported for president at the risk of angering the Clintons, initially passed over Kerry as his second-term chief diplomat and only tapped Kerry when Susan Rice’s bid drew implacable opposition.
(4) Yet beneath the facade of implacable command was a moody, capricious man with a strained marriage: while he was in India, his wife Edwina had allegedly conducted an affair with the Indian politician Nehru.
(5) And her implacable conviction that immigrant families have been corrupted by the welfare state, which has eroded their traditional commitment to education, makes her bizarrely sentimental about the education provided in a country such as Jamaica.
(6) Developing nations have been unanimous and implacable on the terms of the finance deal.
(7) Five months on and the Syriza government is being ground down by an implacable European elite.
(8) The point may seem to be simply describing Shylock’s implacability – but the fact that it occurs as Shylock is using logic and reason to rebuff the noblemen creates a link between his capacity for debate and the idea of him as inhumane, beyond empathy.
(9) But eurozone governments have so far resisted substantial debt relief and are implacably opposed to any measure that could write off some Greek debts, otherwise known as a “haircut”.
(10) In an attempt to persuade AstraZeneca investors to force the board to negotiate, he flagged the company's apparently implacable opposition to a deal.
(11) The opposition is in tatters and divided on how to confront this implacable force.
(12) While Southern, operated by Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) into London from Sussex, Surrey and parts of Kent, is not planning to make compulsory redundancies, unions are implacably opposed to any extension of driver-only operated trains.
(13) O’Hara told the Guardian: “As an SNP MP implacably opposed to Trident but also as the local MP, I am extremely worried by these allegations, even if only half of what the report claims is true.
(14) This is all part of what is supposed to be a clash of civilisations, unending, implacable, irremediable.
(15) Among Cameron's coalition partners stands Vince Cable, Lib Dem business secretary, MP for nearby Twickenham and another implacable foe of a bigger Heathrow.
(16) And those who step into sport's pressure cooker had better prepare themselves to be mentally implacable, and use the best psychological training they can find.
(17) Many of those politicians are implacably opposed to any form of tax hike, and Boehner has also struck a strong tone, claiming that the election results that left his party in charge of the House also represent a mandate from the people.
(18) The Catholic father in Ken Loach's Jimmy's Hall is just the most implacable enemy of nice-as-pie communists showing everyone a good time; the village imam in Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Winter Sleep is an ingratiating, smirking creep; and the local rev in The Homesman (as played by John Lithgow) is definitely a weasel, rather too obviously grateful not to have to transport three traumatised frontierwomen back east.
(19) They must stop chasing the thrill of a deal at the expense of US national security, and the security of our allies.” The Emergency Committee for Israel, an implacable administration foe, encouraged Congress on Friday to “take all appropriate measures to oppose [a deal] and ratchet up sanctions.
(20) The conservative reaction was immediate, and the message was implacable.
Indomitable
Definition:
(a.) Not to be subdued; untamable; invincible; as, an indomitable will, courage, animal.
Example Sentences:
(1) If Deng is a 21st-century Becky Sharp, we should recall that for all her cynicism, Thackeray's heroine also possessed an indomitable spirit.
(2) He speaks admiringly of the hot streak and indomitable desire that is shared by Suárez and Sánchez.
(3) The ideal Isolde is flame-haired, fiery, indomitable yet vulnerable, stern yet tender, and a standout dramatic soprano.
(4) The state government of Haryana said it would honour the girls’ “indomitable courage” .
(5) Just as an unbeaten run stretching back to Boxing Day could forge the same sort of indomitable team spirit that Leicester’s remarkable escape from relegation last season instilled in the King Power dressing room before Claudio Ranieri even arrived.
(6) Dean Kiely [a former Charlton goalkeeper] was always an inspiration to me because he didn’t get to the Premier League until he was 29.” Elliot’s mission is to imbue his team-mates with similarly indomitable spirit.
(7) My students understand the new media reality that has scared the once-indomitable Murdoch.
(8) That's an important crack in the NRA's seemingly indomitable public stance, and a sign that even this formidable lobby group does not stand above democratic accountability.
(9) Released 25 April Rio 2 Facebook Twitter Pinterest Well, it's hardly set on location, but if anything's going to get you buzzing for a trip to Brazil, it's this indomitable trio of CGI parrots.
(10) Fuchs bristles at that suggestion and makes an interesting analogy with a French comic book series and the indomitable Gauls fending off Roman occupation to explain Leicester’s mindset.
(11) The poorer classes seem to be getting some kind of vicarious pleasure from thinking: ‘I’m facing difficulties by standing in a queue, but the rich people who acquired wealth by dubious means, all their black money is gone.’” Whether these same people feel the pain was worth it, once money starts flowing again, will decide the fate of India’s seemingly indomitable prime minister.
(12) This, and other experiences at that time, made me even more determined to continue to show practical solidarity with the Eritreans who were demonstrating the indomitable spirit, which had, for years, enabled them to fight poverty, famine, and armed Ethiopian aggression.
(13) Now, I am in my 65th year with a teenage daughter still at home, and a mother in her 90th year who has a fragile independence boosted by an indomitable spirit, living 70 miles away.
(14) This is not the first time that financial concerns have affected the Indomitable Lions’s preparations for a World Cup.
(15) But the usually indomitable businessman admits he occasionally feels overwhelmed.
(16) But it would be surprising, when they are identified, if the great writer was not to be reburied in a place of honour so that admirers of the indomitable Knight of the Sad Countenance could pay their respects.
(17) Senator Charles Schumer called the crash “a massive and heartbreaking loss for this community.” “It deeply saddens me that Rochester has now lost two of its most indomitable, industrious visionaries,” Schumer said.
(18) Shawcross, for so long a formidable centre‑back who personified Stoke’s refusal to bow to supposed superiors, has not been his indomitable self since being afflicted by back trouble last year.
(19) In the Wimbledon final, Murray had taken an early advantage and then been hauled back, but here he was indomitable, matching everything Federer could throw at him and saving six break points.
(20) But while she might seem indomitable, Guillem knows perfectly well that her body will eventually let her down, and she has enough self-awareness to predict that she will suffer miserably when it does.