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

The club captaincy, a first title and a season of defensive impregnability followed.

From The Guardian • May 16, 2017

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

The Germans, on the defensive, considered that the failure to take Thiepval at the beginning of the Somme battle proved its impregnability; the British, on the offensive, considered no place impregnable.

From My Second Year of the War by Palmer, Frederick