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defensible

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de·fen·si·ble  (d-fns-bl)
adj.
Capable of being defended, protected, or justified: defensible arguments.

de·fensi·bili·ty, de·fensi·ble·ness n.
de·fensi·bly adv.

defensible [dɪˈfɛnsɪbəl]
adj
capable of being defended, as in war, an argument, etc.
defensibility , defensibleness n
defensibly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.defensible - capable of being defended
invulnerable - immune to attack; impregnable; "gunners raked the beach from invulnerable positions on the cliffs"

defensible
adjective
2. secure, safe, unassailable, impregnable, holdable the creation of defensible borders
Translations
defensible [dɪˈfensɪbl] ADJdefendible; [action] → justificable
defensible [dɪˈfɛnsɪbəl] adj [opinion, system, action] → défendable
morally defensible → moralement défendable
defensible
adj
(lit)wehrhaft; because of its position the town wasn’t defensibledie Stadt war wegen ihrer Lage nicht zu verteidigen
(= justifiable) behaviour, argumentvertretbar, zu verteidigen pred
defensible [dɪˈfɛnsɪbl] adjgiustificabile
defensible [dɪˈfɛnsɪbl] adjgiustificabile


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I am greatly mistaken, notwithstanding, if there be any article in the whole plan more completely defensible than this.
The Saxon architect had exhausted his art in rendering the main keep defensible, and there was no other circumvallation than a rude barrier of palisades.
He didn't stbp running until he was in what seemed to him a strongly defensible position near Luna Island.
 
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