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defensible

[dih-fen-suh-buhl]

adjective

  1. capable of being defended against assault or injury.

    The troops were bivouacked in a defensible position.

  2. that can be defended in argument; justifiable.

    Synonyms: , , , ,


defensible

/ ɪˈɛԲɪə /

adjective

  1. capable of being defended, as in war, an argument, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • defensibility noun
  • defensibleness noun
  • defensibly adverb
  • nondefensibility noun
  • nondefensible adjective
  • nondefensibleness noun
  • nondefensibly adverb
  • undefensible adjective
  • undefensibleness noun
  • undefensibly adverb
  • ˌڱԲˈٲ noun
  • ˈڱԲ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of defensible1

1250–1300; Middle English < Late Latin ŧԲ, equivalent to Latin ŧԲ ( us ) ( defense ) + -ibilis -ible; replacing Middle English defensable < Old French < Late Latin ŧԲābilis, equivalent to ŧԲā ( re ) (frequentative of ŧڱԻ to defend ) + -bilis -ble
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Example Sentences

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The main emphasis was what fire-prevention specialists call Zone 0: the first five feet of defensible space surrounding a structure.

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Their sins are ugly — and also defensible, committed out of a need to survive.

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As for the ghosts of Rivers’ less defensible moments, they’re alluded to but left unsaid.

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The notion that we were saving in the long term no longer seemed defensible.

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Schulz riffing on his infant resembling a Puerto Rican may be a tad more defensible than Hinchcliffe’s bigotry nuke at Madison Square Garden.

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