Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Indestructible \In`de*struc"ti*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + destructible: cf. F. indestructible.] Not destructible; incapable of decomposition or of being destroyed; as, the Russian harvesters had primitive electronics, but they were built so sturdily they were almost indestructible. -- In`de*struc"ti*ble*ness, n. -- In`de*struc"ti*bly, adv.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + destructible. Related: Indestructibly.
Wiktionary
a. Not destructible; incapable of decomposition or of being destroyed; invincible.
WordNet
adj. not easily destroyed [ant: destructible]
very long lasting; "less durable rocks were gradually worn away to form valleys"; "the perdurable granite of the ancient Appalachian spine of the continent" [syn: durable, perdurable, undestroyable]
Wikipedia
Indestructible is the sixth studio album by the American punk rock band Rancid. It was produced by Brett Gurewitz ( Bad Religion) and released by Hellcat Records with distribution through Warner Bros. Records on August 19, 2003. Despite critical acclaim, the band was criticized by some of its fans for Indestructible's "poppier" sound on some of its tracks. It debuted at number 15 on the charts, with 51,000 copies sold in its first week, making it Rancid's highest debut at the time though it would be surpassed six years later with their 2009 album, Let the Dominoes Fall. Indestructible marks the last recording by drummer Brett Reed, who left the band in 2006 and was replaced by current drummer Branden Steineckert (formerly of The Used).
Indestructible is a jazz album by drummer Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers. It was recorded in 1964 but not released until 1966, and was Blakey's last album for Blue Note records. The bonus track featured on the CD reissue was originally issued on Pisces.
Indestructible is the fourth studio album by the American heavy metal band Disturbed. A self- produced effort, Indestructible is the first Disturbed album that did not feature Johnny K, the producer of Disturbed's previous three albums, The Sickness, Believe, and Ten Thousand Fists. Indestructible was recorded at Groovemaster Studios in Chicago, Illinois. The album features two songs, " Perfect Insanity" and "Divide", that were written by Disturbed prior to their first album, The Sickness, but were never previously released.
The album features significantly darker themes than any of Disturbed's previous work, according to the band. Some of the lyrical themes involve actual experiences that vocalist David Draiman had endured over the course of the past few years prior to making the album, including "bad relationships", a motorcycle accident that he was involved with, and an incident of suicide. To match the aggressive attitude and nature of said themes, Draiman told the other band members to create darker, more textural music than they have before. Despite these themes, the title track, " Indestructible", is meant to encourage those in the military that are fighting in wars and boost their morale.
Indestructible was released on June 3, 2008 in Compact Disc format, and also as two different limited edition and special edition digipaks, debuting at number-one on the Billboard 200, making it the third consecutive number-one debut by Disturbed on that chart, which had only been achieved by five other rock bands prior to the album's release. The album also shipped over 253,000 units in its opening week. Indestructible was met with mixed reviews by critics, earning a score of 57% on review-aggregating website Metacritic, based on six reviews. The album was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America in April 2009 for shipping over 1,000,000 copies in the United States. The single " Inside the Fire" was nominated for a 2009 Grammy Award in the " Best Hard Rock Performance" category.
"Indestructible" is the second single from Matthew Good Band's second studio album, Underdogs. The song peaked at #7 on Canada's Alternative chart. The song is featured on MuchMusic's Big Shiny 90's compilation. It continues to receive airplay on Canadian rock radio stations.
Indestructible is the seventh studio album by Elvis Crespo. It was released on December 14, 2010.
Indestructible may refer to the incapacity of decomposition or of being destroyed; invincible
It may also refer to:
- Indestructible(Scars of Amber album)
- Indestructible (Art Blakey album)
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Indestructible (Disturbed album)
- "Indestructible" (Disturbed song), the title song
- "Indestructible" (Matthew Good Band song)
- "Indestructible" (Robyn song)
- Indestructible (Rancid album)
- Indestructible (Girls' Generation song)
- Indestructible!, a 2006 album by Anita O'Day
- Indestructible, an album by the Four Tops
- Indestructible (video game), video game
- "The Next Door -Indestructible-", a song by Exile used in Street Fighter IV
"Indestructible" is a song by American heavy metal band Disturbed. The song is released as the third single from the band's fourth studio album Indestructible. The single peaked at number-two on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and number-ten on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart. The music video for the song appeared on Disturbed's website on August 20, 2008, and the single was released on September 29, 2008. The song is meant to encourage troops going into battle, and boost their morale. It is also meant to represent Disturbed's success in the music industry. It is one of Disturbed's best known songs.
"Indestructible" is a song by Swedish recording artist Robyn, taken from her seventh studio album Body Talk (2010). The song was written by Robyn and Klas Åhlund, and produced by Åhlund. It was released as the lead single from Body Talk on 1 November 2010 in Sweden and one day later in the United States. The song was previously heard, in an acoustic form, as the final track on Body Talk Pt. 2, released in September 2010. The song was one of the first to be recorded for the Body Talk series, but Robyn saved it for later to give it a chance of becoming a single.
According to Robyn, "Indestructible" describes how meeting new people and falling in love can be scary and fun at the same time. The song is a synthpop ballad with string sounds, pulsing bass and an electronic arrangement. The song was met with generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its production and Robyn's songwriting. It reached number four on the Sverigetopplistan chart, becoming Robyn's ninth top ten hit in her native country. It charted moderately elsewhere, reaching number thirteen in Denmark and number twenty-one on the UK Dance Chart.
The accompanying music video was directed by Max Vitali and Nils Ljunggren. It shows scenes of couples having sex, and cutscenes of Robyn wearing a special designed dress featuring tubes with colored liquid. Robyn wanted to make the video to show the truth about sex. The dress was designed by Lucy McRae, who specializes in "body architecture". An advanced machine was built to control the flow of the liquid and a kilometre of tubes were used. The video received positive reviews from critics, who called it honest and intriguing. Robyn performed the song at the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Concert.
Indestructible is a freemium vehicular combat video game developed by Glu Mobile for iOS and Android mobile devices.
Usage examples of "indestructible".
They called themselves the Bogo Boys, after a practically indestructible toy.
The Seven Seers were said to be indestructible, protected by the omnipotent hand of Brahma, divine ambassadors granted total immunity.
And that world was completely indestructible, reasonable and handleable by young Cal Hartlett.
Its microbiotic crew long reduced to nanometric motes, its strange, organic fabric tenuous, the minuscule remaining mass of the C-and-C produced little flash as all but its intricate and indestructible prime mover vaporized in the lower stratosphere.
A god or goddess, after all, was no more than a human being who had put on one of the ancient and indestructible Faces loaded with odylic magic.
Experience had made his choice of kit easy: fishnet underwear, old-fashioned bush shirt and pants made of the best Egyptian long-staple cotton, socks of Orcadian wool with the fat left in, indestructible boots from Etruria.
We are furnished with toolheads of a gemlike glassy material, vitredur, which stays eyersharp and is virtually indestructible for some 200 years, after which it degrades, like decamole.
I sometimes think that through the crevices I see and touch upon the indestructible foundation, the rock eternal.
He is a part of the landscape, like our chairs, molded in solid hunks of indestructible plastic, the mottled gray composite floors, the nurses, the aides, the everpresent medication and the constant stream of visitors who want to gawk at the children.
A kind of wand, terminating at both ends in converging prongs, it represented the indestructible diamond, the Absolute, voidness and the other terms for the essence Buddhahood.
As I have remarked, the pilots' association was now the compactest monopoly in the world, perhaps, and seemed simply indestructible.
And back again at the indestructible confessional after two lonely echoing rounds, he snaps open his good old lighter with a view to lighting a comforting pipe.
Knopf inhabits the indestructible confessional, making his certified ear available to each and all.
Some had been carrying or had thought to grab their shield generators, had stuffed the wallet-sized affairs into their voluminous robes and had affectively rendered themselves, now that their wits were again with them, indestructible.
Made of acry-lonitrile butadiene stryrene (ABS) plastic, Lego's discrete modular bricks are indestructible and fully intended to be nothing except themselves.