implacability


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im·plac·a·ble

 (ĭm-plăk′ə-bəl, -plā′kə-)
adj.
Impossible to placate or appease: implacable foes; implacable suspicion.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin implācābilis : in-, not; see in-1 + plācābilis, placable; see placable.]

im·plac′a·bil′i·ty n.
im·plac′a·bly adv.
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She said, with a grim implacability in voice and manner which made Tom almost realize that even a former slave can remember for ten minutes insults and injuries returned for compliments and flatteries received, and can also enjoy taking revenge for them when the opportunity offers:
After a few minutes' reflection, however, she continued, "I DO remember his boasting one day, at Netherfield, of the implacability of his resentments, of his having an unforgiving temper.
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Understanding the history of Christianity in the Middle East--particularly in Mesopotamia (now Iraq)--is not a relaxed cultural experience, warns Filoni: it requires an approach that understands the reasons behind the dramatic history of that region and appreciates the life, culture, and testimony of faith of its Christians, and what inspires both their deep attachment to their homeland and their implacability towards their enemies.
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