Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being combated, disputed, or opposed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Such as can be, or is liable to be, combated.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective rare Able to be
combated oropposed
Etymologies
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combat + -able
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Examples
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A diagnoseable, combatable one. witchypoo on August 28, 2009
Looking Up 2009
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Hence, by disengaging in the Iraq War, which has cost the United States upwards of $340 billion dollars thus far, the United States can begin to fulfill its international commitments and addresses, among other pressing world problems, the easily combatable one of world hunger. alphie Says:
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It seemed he had an adversary more capable than that, brewing a menace less combatable.
The Stars Are Also Fire Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1994
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It seemed he had an adversary more capable than that, brewing a menace less combatable.
The Stars Are Also Fire Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1994
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