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as in defendable
capable of being defended against physical attack
the pioneers retreated to a defensible hillside to take a stand against the raiders
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as in justifiable
capable of being defended with good reasoning against verbal attack
there's simply no defensible reason for dropping out of school
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Recent Examples of defensible
Dalton described spending about $2,000 trimming trees and another $500 putting down gravel to create defensible space.
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Rob Davis, ProPublica, 7 Aug. 2025
But with wildfires now exacerbated by fossil fuel combustion, hotter weather, and poor forest management, experts say this blind spot is no longer defensible.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025
The workshops cover information on low-cost retrofits to homes, best practices for creating defensible space, and what to do in an evacuation.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2025
Orlando Law Managing Partner Jennifer Englert told WOFL-TV that this action may not be legally defensible.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2025
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Rob Davis, ProPublica, 7 Aug. 2025
But with wildfires now exacerbated by fossil fuel combustion, hotter weather, and poor forest management, experts say this blind spot is no longer defensible.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025
The workshops cover information on low-cost retrofits to homes, best practices for creating defensible space, and what to do in an evacuation.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2025
Orlando Law Managing Partner Jennifer Englert told WOFL-TV that this action may not be legally defensible.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defensible
justifiable
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The decision to move on from Richardson is justifiable.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
22 Aug. 2025
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Your arousal will spike in response, which may inadvertently lead you to act irrationally or regrettably, despite how objectively justifiable your response may feel in the moment.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Defensible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defensible. Accessed 1 Sep. 2025.
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