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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Implacable \Im*pla"ca*ble\, adjective [L. implacabilis; pref. im- not + placabilis: cf. F. implacable. See {Placable}.]
1. Not placable; not to be appeased; incapable of being pacified; inexorable; as, an implacable prince.
I see thou art implacable. --Milton.
An object of implacable enmity. --Macaulay.
2. Incapable of being relieved or assuaged; inextinguishable. [R.]
O! how I burn with implacable fire. --Spenser.
Which wrought them pain Implacable, and many a dolorous groan. --Milton.
Syn: Unappeasable; inexorable; irreconcilable; unrelenting; relentless; unyielding.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
implacable
adjective: impossible to placate; "an implacable enemy" [ant: {placable}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
56 Moby Thesaurus words for "implacable": adamant, adamantine, avenging, cast-iron, cruel, dour, firm, flinty, grim, grudgeful, hard, hard-core, immovable, immutable, impliable, inelastic, inexorable, inflexible, intractable, intransigent, iron, irreconcilable, merciless, mortal, pitiless, punitive, punitory, rancorous, relentless, retaliatory, revanchist, revengeful, rigid, rigorous, rock-ribbed, ruthless, steely, stern, stiff, unaffected, unalterable, unappeasable, unbending, unchangeable, uncompassionate, uncompromising, unflinching, unforgiving, ungiving, unmoved, unrelenting, unsympathetic, unyielding, vengeful, vindicatory, vindictive
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