invasibleadj.
/ɪnˈveɪzɪb(ə)l/ rare.
Offensive, used in attack.
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steel1340
invasible1489
saultable1570
expugnatory1601
long-handled1611
shaftless1811
incendiary1871
conventional1955
targetable1972
1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iv. xiv. 273 They may go with diffensable armes and not inuasible..as to a cas of deffense and not for to enuayshe.
?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 553 in Shorter Poems (1967) 42 Euery inuasybill [1579 Edinb. Inuasibill] wapyn on hym he bare.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Invasible, inuasible, inuadible.
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adj.1489