fightable

English

Etymology

From fight +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaɪtəbəl/
  • Rhymes: -aɪtəbəl

Adjective

fightable (comparative more fightable, superlative most fightable)

  1. Able to be fought.
    • 1920, Rose Macaulay, Potterism‎[1]:
      If the Pinkerton press were all, it would be fightable.
  2. (military) Capable in combat.
    • 1980, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services, Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year:
      The challenge by Congress was to field an affordable, fightable tank on a compressed schedule within a specified design-to-unit-cost threshold.

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