killableadj.
/ˈkɪləb(ə)l/ 1. Fit to be killed for food or other use.
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1818 W. Cobbett Year's Resid. U.S.A. i. ii. 124 What animal produces flesh meat like the hog?.. The animal killable at all ages.
1823 P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 267 I..honestly bagged 46 killable trout.
2. Capable of being killed; easy to kill.
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1823 Mirror 1 296/1 That killable species of ghost that could be shot with a sixpence.
1877 T. A. Trollope Life Pius IX II. iii. viii. 84 The experience..would have gone far to kill any man killable by disappointment and sorrow.
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