impregnability

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Rome’s impregnability was itself one of the founding stories Romans told themselves; Romans had long vowed that the Celtic sack of 387 BCE would be the last, and yet the Goths had shattered that myth.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

Tottenham had managed to reduce the deficit by then through Harry Kane, and Christian Eriksen leveled in the 72nd minute as Spurs made a mockery of the so-called impregnability of the Bianconeri defense.

From Washington Times • Feb. 13, 2018

Watson will resume on 29 and Steve Smith five as Australia look to move into a position of impregnability in both match and series.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2013

More importantly such a field encourages a feeling of impregnability.

From The Guardian • Jan. 4, 2011

Nothing is positively certain in a military sense, not even the impregnability of a work built by a West Pointer, and pronounced so by a committee of his classmates.

From History of Morgan's Cavalry by Duke, Basil Wilson