assailable
/əˈseɪləbl̩/
assailable adjective: able to be assailed or attacked.
Adjective
assailable (comparative more assailable, superlative most assailable)
- Able to be assailed or attacked.
- There’s comfort yet; they [Banquo and Fleance] are assailable; / Then be thou jocund: ere the bat hath flown / His cloister’d flight […] there shall be done / A deed of dreadful note.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- Plant the ordnance ’gainst the postern, / North of the Eastern tower; for there I deem / The wall is most assailable.1791, Hannah Brand, Huniades, or, The siege of Belgrave, Act IV, Scene 3, in Plays and Poems, Norwich, 1798, p. 82
- Synonyms:
- exposed, vulnerable, pregnable, susceptible
assailable meaning in Tamil
assailable in Tamil
- தாக்குதற்கு இடம் தருகிற
Examples of assailable in a sentence
- Indeed, he lived among a generation of sinners, whose consciences were not assailable by smooth circumlocutions, and whose vices required the scourge and the hot iron.1849, Edwin Percy Whipple, “South’s Sermons”, in Essays and Reviews, volume I, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, published 1887, page...
- What is assailable is that in the process of achieving that goal [equality], you level everybody down.1993 February 16, James Dao, quoting Michael V. McGill, “Politics Complicates Formulas for Aid to Schools”, in The New York Times, page B1:
Synonyms of assailable
Forms of assailable
| comparative | more assailable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most assailable |
Origin of assailable
From assail + -able.
Words formed from assailable
Questions about assailable
- What does assailable mean?
- Assailable means able to be assailed or attacked.
- What is assailable in Tamil?
- Assailable in Tamil is தாக்குதற்கு இடம் தருகிற. See Assailable meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use assailable in a sentence?
- Indeed, he lived among a generation of sinners, whose consciences were not assailable by smooth circumlocutions, and whose vices required the scourge and the hot iron.
- What part of speech is assailable?
- Assailable is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce assailable?
- Assailable is pronounced /əˈseɪləbl̩/.
Words near assailable in the dictionary
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