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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A dissenting minority, including Fred Hoyle, offers another startling view: quasars are nearby objects, possibly newborn, in which supposedly in violable constants such as the acceleration of gravity are not constant but continually changing.
From Time Magazine Archive
Maximilian had too late come to understand that his anointed flesh was violable at all.
From The Missourian by Lyle, Eugene P. (Eugene Percy)
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