violable
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- nonviolability noun
- nonviolable adjective
- nonviolableness noun
- nonviolably adverb
- unviolable adjective
- unviolableness noun
- unviolably adverb
- violability noun
- violableness noun
- violably adverb
Etymology
Origin of violable
1425–75; late Middle English: destructive < Latin violābilis, equivalent to violā ( re ) to violate + -bilis -ble
Example Sentences
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It can be terrifying to envision the mind as porous and malleable, just as it’s alarming to contemplate state sovereignty as fragile and violable.
From New York Times
Maximilian had too late come to understand that his anointed flesh was violable at all.
From Project Gutenberg
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