defendable

adjective

Definition of defendablenext
1
as in defended
capable of being defended against physical attack that nation has long insisted on having borders that it regards as defendable

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2
as in justifiable
capable of being defended with good reasoning against verbal attack your thesis had better be defendable for the attacks are going to be withering

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Recent Examples of defendable The safe, defendable choice wasn’t necessarily the right one though. — Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for defendable
  1. defended
  2. justifiable
  3. defensible
  4. protected
  5. secured
  6. secure
Adjective
  • Every additional defended point becomes a resource allocation problem for Moscow.
    — David A. Deptula, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Speaking at Fortune’s Workforce Innovation Summit on Tuesday, the 31-year-old defended sweeping workforce cuts at Bolt—including a recent layoff affecting roughly 30% of employees—as well as his decision to eliminate the company’s HR team.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 19 May 2026
Definition of defended
Adjective
  • Police are investigating the incident as a justifiable homicide, according to the release.
    — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026
  • Detectives were investigating the incident as a justifiable homicide, police said.
    — City News Service, Daily News, 28 June 2026
Definition of justifiable
Adjective
  • Citation asks whether a search engine (or AI tool) can lift a clear, defensible claim from your source and attach its own credibility to it.
    — Meghna Deshraj, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • The multi-billion-dollar market capitalizations of the top five on the list are driven by highly defensible business models, massive capital moats (as analysts describe them), and structural advantages within the freight sector.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 8 July 2026
Definition of defensible
Adjective
  • For example, Paris has an aesthetic aversion to window units and rooftop HVAC systems, which helps explain why installing air-conditioning typically requires special permission from authorities, especially in protected or historic areas.
    — Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
  • Most of them encrypted files in non-protected folders, anywhere from a handful to 24,000.
    — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 25 June 2026
Definition of protected
Adjective
  • The project got a huge boost in 2022, when Bill Witte and his wife Keiko Sakamoto contributed $4 million toward its construction and, with that, secured naming rights for the facility.
    — Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 10 July 2026
  • Earlier this year, Germany’s RTL, the country’s leading commercial broadcaster, secured approval to acquire Comcast’s German pay-TV business, Sky Deutschland.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
Definition of secured
Adjective
  • While some states allow residents to package sharps in secure containers and throw them away in household trash, Massachusetts takes a different approach.
    — Irina Butler, Boston Herald, 10 July 2026
  • As if that will be an effective distraction from the fact that there is no more middle class, healthcare or a secure retirement?
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
Definition of secure

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“Defendable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defendable. Accessed 13 Jul. 2026.

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