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assailable, a.|əˈseɪləb(ə)l|
[f. assail v.1 + -able]
1. Capable of being assailed; open to assault.
1605Shakes. Macb. iii. ii. 39 There's comfort yet; they are assaileable. 1673Ladies Call. i. ii. §4 To fortifie that so assailable part [the ear]. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. §20 We..wound round the ledges, seeking the assailable points.
2. Open to hostile criticism.
1833I. Taylor Fanat. viii. 320 note, Had his orthodoxy been assailable. 1883Law Times 15 Dec. 116/2 Driven to admit that the adverse decision of the court is assailable. |