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implacable

[im-plak-uh-buhl, -pley-kuh-] / ɪmˈplæk ə bəl, -ˈpleɪ kə- /


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Casting Hannibal as an implacable enemy of Rome from his earliest childhood merely served to assuage Roman guilt for Carthage’s terrible end.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

I felt sickened by every piece of news I gave her—her court date canceled, the border closed, the pandemic spreading—but her faith in the system, and in me, seemed implacable.

From Slate • Jan. 15, 2026

Craig Wallace’s Telégin, known as “Waffles” for his pockmarked skin, is an amiable fumbler yet suffused with kindness and possessing an implacable decency.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2025

Sen, who also handled both the black-and-white cinematography and the editing, has a terrific eye for shot composition and sets a deliberate pace that feels implacable rather than merely slow.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2024

The cook stood there like a shrivelled bootlace, tight-lipped, implacable, disapproving.

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl