violable

adjective

Definition of violablenext
as in unsafe

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for violable
  1. unsafe
  2. vulnerable
  3. liable
  4. susceptible
  5. endangered
  6. threatened
  7. insecure
  8. imperiled
Adjective
  • The historic documents were removed from an exhibit space under the Lincoln Memorial after temperatures in their display cases reached unsafe levels.
    — Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 27 July 2026
  • More than 300 workers across London’s Victoria and Albert Museum are voting on whether to strike over salary, working conditions, and what unions describe as unsafe heatwave policies.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of unsafe
Adjective
  • Often, there is only capacity to check a sample of invoices; the rest are paid automatically, leaving the company vulnerable to over-spending and outright fraud.
    — David Prosser, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • And neurons, being long-lived, are especially vulnerable to protein clumps, according to the new study’s co-lead author Rishav Mitra, a postdoctoral fellow in Bellono’s lab.
    — Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 29 July 2026
Definition of vulnerable
Adjective
  • Passengers beginning their cruise in Barcelona are not liable for the Catalan cruise tourism tax.
    — David Nikel, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
  • Jurors also found the NRA liable for mismanaging assets and misrepresenting information in its tax filings as a nonprofit charitable organization.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
Definition of liable
Adjective
  • The burn scars have been most susceptible this summer with new fires created this season and old burn scars from years past.
    — Dave Aguilera, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • Papik also said fishing policies are being amended that would allow native species to reclaim some of their number, like growing mollusks that are less susceptible to the alien blue crab.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
Definition of susceptible
Adjective
  • As explored in Monsters of God, pop culture often drives demand for exotic and endangered species.
    — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 29 July 2026
  • One reason for their endangered status is the loss of forests and other habitat, the organization says.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 28 July 2026
Definition of endangered
Adjective
  • That lawsuit names coho salmon, spotted owls, as well as a threatened seabird, the marbled murrelet, which lives largely out at sea but returns to old-growth coastal trees to nest, as species threatened by the change.
    — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
  • Grizzly bears are considered a threatened species in Alberta.
    — Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2026
Definition of threatened
Adjective
  • Food-insecure patients show up more often, stay longer, and return sooner.
    — Cole Hanson, STAT, 16 July 2026
  • YouTube comedian Bo Burnham directs this empathetic portrait of Kayla (Elsie Fisher), an insecure adolescent who posts motivational vlogs on YouTube while privately struggling with her self-image and burgeoning sexuality.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
Definition of insecure
Adjective
  • Nearly 40% of Mount Pinos, lodgepole chipmunk, an imperiled subspecies of the lodgepole chipmunk, also live in roadless areas in California.
    — Mariah Meek, The Conversation, 15 June 2026
  • There are many issues in the last year that show the commission needs a change at the top, including the Florida black bear hunt and the recent failure of the commissioners to fully, completely and finally stop the capture of wild imperiled and threatened marine life for exhibit.
    — Joe Murphy, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2026
Definition of imperiled
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“Violable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/violable. Accessed 31 Jul. 2026.

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