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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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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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“Defensible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defensible. Accessed 24 Feb. 2021.
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