Invulnerables

Part of speech: noun, adjective

Definitions

1. Those who cannot be harmed, injured, or affected by physical, emotional, or external forces; entities or persons resistant to damage or attack in any form; individuals possessing immunity from harm or vulnerability
2. Beings or objects that are impervious to injury, damage, or influence from external factors; persons or things that are shielded from harm by natural, supernatural, or artificial means; individuals exhibiting complete resistance to adverse effects
3. Entities characterized by their inability to be wounded, hurt, or impacted negatively by external actions or conditions; figures known for their protective qualities against physical or metaphorical harm; persons or items demonstrating invincibility or impenetrability to damage

Etymology: Latin "vulnus" meant "wound," and the idea of harm is built into the word's core. Latin "vulnerabilis" meant "able to wound," and adding the negating prefix "in-" produced "invulnerabilis," "not able to be wounded." English took the adjective through French, where it became "invulnérable." The same root gave English "vulnerable," which drops the prefix, and "vulnerary," an old term for medicines that heal wounds. "Invulnerables" is the plural of the adjective used as a noun, meaning those who cannot be harmed, the sense that makes the term useful for describing armour, fortifications, and heroes whose bodies could not be pierced.

Synonyms: immunes, invincibles, unassailables, impregnables, indomitables

Antonyms: vulnerables, susceptibles, weaklings, defenseless, exposables