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pregnable
[ preg-nuh-buhl ]
adjective
- capable of being taken or won by force:
a pregnable fortress.
- open to attack; assailable:
a pregnable argument.
pregnable
/ ˈprɛɡnəbəl /
adjective
- capable of being assailed or captured
Derived Forms
- ˌpregnaˈbility, noun
Other Words From
- pregna·bili·ty noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of pregnable1
Word History and Origins
Origin of pregnable1
Example Sentences
In another instant I was working my ramrod through the earthen roof of our air-tight, although scarcely pregnable citadel.
A cute old soul was Biddy, and extensive the knowledge experience had given her of the pregnable points of general character.
The 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.
He did not know each man has his weak point, and that Mortomley's pregnable spot lay close to the colours himself had begotten.
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