pregnable
capable of being taken or won by force: a pregnable fortress.
open to attack; assailable: a pregnable argument.
Origin of pregnable
1Other words from pregnable
- preg·na·bil·i·ty, noun
Words Nearby pregnable
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How to use pregnable in a sentence
In another instant I was working my ramrod through the earthen roof of our air-tight, although scarcely pregnable citadel.
Buckskin Mose | Buckskin MoseA cute old soul was Biddy, and extensive the knowledge experience had given her of the pregnable points of general character.
The Bunsby papers | John BroughamThe city was encircled by walls and fortifications of great strength and height, and scarcely pregnable even if accessible.
At the inhospitable silence they waxed restive; they assaulted and forced the pregnable barriers, and invaded the premises.
Heart of the West | O. HenryHe did not know each man has his weak point, and that Mortomley's pregnable spot lay close to the colours himself had begotten.
Mortomley's Estate, Vol. III (of 3) | Charlotte Elizabeth Lawson Cowan Riddell
British Dictionary definitions for pregnable
/ (ˈprɛɡnəbəl) /
capable of being assailed or captured
Origin of pregnable
1Derived forms of pregnable
- pregnability, noun
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