uncleavable

Impossible to sever

Unable to be cleaved—that is, resistant to being split, divided, or separated.

The word appears in chemistry and biology for bonds or molecules that cannot be broken by typical reactions: The modified linkage proved uncleavable under standard conditions.

More broadly, it describes anything that resists division: an uncleavable alliance.

resistant

indestructible

Impossible to damage permanently

tough · resilient · durable · sturdy · robust · hardened · fortified · reinforced · adamantine · impervious

bonded

inseparable

Unable to be divided

welded · bonded · joined · attached · affixed · melded · united · intertwined · inextricable · enmeshed

material

diamond

Crystallized carbon gemstone

tungsten · obsidian · quartz · bedrock · marble · basalt · corundum · sapphire · carbide · kevlar

indivisible

atom

Element's smallest unit

whole · entire · complete · integral · undividable · elementary · fundamental · unitary · cohesive · continuous

Opposites
divisibility/separability

uncleavablecleavable

Able to be split

splittable · fissile · divisible · separable · breakable

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