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单词 assaultable
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assaultableadj.

/əˈsɔːltəb(ə)l/
Forms: Also 1500s assaut-; and see aphetic saultable adj.
Etymology: < assault v. + -able suffix. Compare Italian assaltevole.
Capable of being assaulted, open to assault.
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society > armed hostility > attack > [adjective] > capable of being attacked
assaultable1548
saultable1556
assailable1589
batterable1611
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. clxviii They bet the walles so with great ordinaunce that they made the toune assautable.
1649 O. Cromwell Lett. 17 Sept. (Carl.) To make breaches assaultable, and by the help of God to storm them.
1829 S. Turner Mod. Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. ii. xix. 589 The place was found not to be assaultable.
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