assailableadj.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 164 The minde is not assailable vnlesse it be by sensible approches.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. ii. 40 There's comfort yet, they are assaileable . View more context for this quotation

1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling i. ii. §5 To fortifie that so assailable part [sc. the ear].

1775 G. Washington Let. 17 Nov. in Papers (1987) Revolutionary War Ser. II. 392 Common prudence dictates the necessity of guarding our Camps wherever they are most assailable.

1810 P. B. Shelley Zastrozzi xi. 146 Think not, because Julia possesses wealth, that she is less assailable by the dagger of one eager for revenge as I am.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xx. 141 We..wound round the ledges, seeking the assailable points.

1942 Foreign Affairs 20 322 Moscow can resist for a considerable period, as it is not easily assailable except from the west and south.

2007 S. B. Edgington tr. ‘Albert of Aachen’ Historia Ierosolimitana 821 This barely assailable fortress was six miles away from the city of Aleppo.

1753 W. Markham Serm. preached Lambeth-Chapel 12 An objection has been raised to the internal evidence of Christianity; in which it is wonderful its most confident adversaries should think they found an assailable part.

1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism viii. 320 Had his orthodoxy been assailable.

1883 Law Times 15 Dec. 116/2 Driven to admit that the adverse decision of the court is assailable.

1935 Mich. Law Rev. 33 554 His conclusion is scarcely assailable.

1962 R. M. Helm Gloomy Dean iv. 200 The findings of science in its legitimate sphere are not assailable on religious grounds.

2010 Poetry 197 212 Think assailable thoughts, or be lonely.