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The word "invincible" is employed with remarkable versatility in literature, serving as a potent emblem of strength, unyielding will, and overwhelming force. In some works it captures physical might and strategic prowess—a formidable weapon [1], an untouchable army or its generals [2, 3], even giants whose strength defies natural limits [4]—while in others it embodies moral or intellectual superiority, as seen in descriptions of an argument that cannot be refuted [5] or principles that incite revolutionary change [6]. Beyond the tangible, authors also invoke "invincible" to evoke an indefatigable spirit or destiny, whether it is the boundless courage of a child [7], the inexorable pull of fate in youth [8], or a soul overwhelmed by an all-encompassing dread [9]. Thus, across varied genres and epochs—from epic battles and mythic challenges to reflections on the human condition—"invincible" consistently resonates as a symbol of an enduring, unconquerable force.
  1. It is our weapon, formidable and invincible, but we should know how to use it.
    — from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant
  2. To await their onset would have been ruin, while pride forbade a hitherto invincible general to retire.
    — from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch
  3. My seamen are now what British seamen ought to be—almost invincible.
    — from The Life of Horatio, Lord Nelson by Robert Southey
  4. The Sultan then invaded France, and with the talisman, by which he called to his aid six invincible giants, conquered the country.
    — from Filipino Popular Tales
  5. It was written in Latin by Salmasius, a Dutch professor at Leyden, and was hailed by the Royalists as an invincible argument.
    — from English Literature by William J. Long
  6. With respect, however, to absolute monarchy, it presents an inherent and invincible tendency to revolution.
    — from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations by Marcus Tullius Cicero
  7. It was a long walk for such a little boy, but he had plenty of strength and invincible courage.
    — from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. Andersen
  8. Either resentment, or shame at declining the contest, or the invincible power of fate, arouses the determined spirit of the youth.
    — from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy
  9. An invincible dread had taken possession of my brain and soul.
    — from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne

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