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defensible in Portuguese

defensible in Portuguese is defensável — defensible means able to be protected from a military attack.

defensible in Portuguese

defensável
adj

What does "defensible" mean?

  1. adj Able to be protected from a military attack.
    "Not only were those cities fortified, but their architects based their whole system on the strategical possibilities of the site, and closely followed its defensible contours."
  2. adj Able to be shown as reasonable or right.
    "Those who are most familiar with the working of the present society are also usually interested in the preservation of particular features of that society which may not be defensible on general principle."
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defensible in a sentence

  • Not only were those cities fortified, but their architects based their whole system on the strategical possibilities of the site, and closely followed its defensible contours.
  • Those who are most familiar with the working of the present society are also usually interested in the preservation of particular features of that society which may not be defensible on general principle.

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What is "defensible" in Portuguese?
"defensible" in Portuguese is defensável. defensible means: Able to be protected from a military attack.
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