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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
Adjective
capable of being defended because believed to be right
defensibility n
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Adj.1.defensible - capable of being defended
defendable
invulnerable - immune to attack; impregnable; "gunners raked the beach from invulnerable positions on the cliffs"
defensible
adjective justifiable, right, sound, reasonable, acceptable, sensible, valid, legitimate, plausible, permissible, well-founded, tenable, excusable, pardonable, vindicable << OPPOSITE unjustifiable


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I am greatly mistaken, notwithstanding, if there be any article in the whole plan more completely defensible than this.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
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.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
He didn't stbp running until he was in what seemed to him a strongly defensible position near Luna Island.
The War in the Air by Wells, H.G. View in context
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