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Definition of Assailable
1. Adjective. Not defended or capable of being defended. "Open to attack"
Similar to: Vulnerable
Derivative terms: Assail, Assailability
Definition of Assailable
1. a. Capable of being assailed.
Definition of Assailable
1. Adjective. Not defended or not able to be defended. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Assailable
1. [adj]
Literary usage of Assailable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"Indeed in every way they made hasto to anticipate the Lacedaemonians, by completing
the most assailable points of the.work before they came to the rescue; ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... boulevard, marina (Spanish and Italian), esplanade; see COURSE. vulnerable, a.
assailable, ... assailable ..."
3. The Life of Samuel J. Tilden by John Bigelow, Samuel Jones Tilden (1895)
"THE LIFE OF SAMUEL J, TILDEN CHAPTER I Presidential canvass of — assailable points
of Grant's administration — Popular majority ..."
4. Eight Years in Canada: Embracing a Review of the Administrations of Lords by Richardson (John) (1847)
"... the inhabitants of their several townships. the extreme of opposition, and to
leave no assailable weakness of the party in power untouched. ..."
5. Notes on the United States Supreme Court Reports: Supplementary to Rose's by Charles Lawrence Thompson, United States Supreme Court, Walter Malins Rose (1905)
"... execution, and sale thereunder are void and collaterally assailable. 109 US
221-220. Not cited. 109 US 229, 230, 27 L. 914, KNOX COUNTY COURT v. ..."
6. Notes on the California Reports, Supplementary to the 1906 Edition of Notes ...by Charles Lawrence Thompson, Bancroft-Whitney Company, California Supreme Court by Charles Lawrence Thompson, Bancroft-Whitney Company, California Supreme Court (1912)
"When Tract Named In Patent has been reserved from disposal, patent is worthless
and assailable from any quarter. Approved in Williams v. San Pedro, 153 Cal. ..."
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