In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
INDESTRUCTIBLE
indestructible
(adjective) not easily destroyed
durable, indestructible, perdurable, undestroyable
(adjective) very long lasting; “less durable rocks were gradually worn away to form valleys”; “the perdurable granite of the ancient Appalachian spine of the continent”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
indestructible (not comparable)
Not destructible; incapable of decomposition or of being destroyed; invincible.
Synonyms: undestroyable, undestructable, unbreakable, unruinable, unwreckable
Antonyms
• destructible, destroyable, breakable, wreckable, ruinable, fragile (capable of being destroyed)
• inconstructible, improducible, unbuildable (incapable of being constructed)
Source: Wiktionary
In`de*struc"ti*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + destructible: cf. F. indestructible.]
Definition: Not destructible; incapable of decomposition or of being destroyed.
– In`de*struc"ti*ble*ness, n.
– In`de*struc"ti*bly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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