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implacable

/ɪmˈplækəbl/

C1CEFR level
60/100Rarity: rare
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General adjective

Unable to be appeased, placated, or stopped.

He was an implacable foe who pursued his vendetta to the very end.

Similar: relentless, inexorable, unappeasable

Origin: From Latin implacabilis, from placare 'to appease'.

Topic: relentlessness in General English

Law adjective

Unable to be appeased or placated.

The founder's implacable hostility to his former partner doomed every conciliation attempt.

Similar: relentless, unappeasable, inexorable

Topic: Arbitration in Legal English

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