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Damageable

Damageable \Dam"age*a*ble\ (d[a^]m"[asl]j*[.a]*b'l), a. [Cf. OF. damageable, F. dommageable for sense 2.]

  1. Capable of being injured or impaired; liable to, or susceptible of, damage; as, a damageable cargo.

  2. Hurtful; pernicious. [R.]

    That it be not damageable unto your royal majesty.
    --Hakluyt.

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damageable

a. 1 (context obsolete English) hurtful; pernicious. 2 Capable of being injured or weakened, susceptible to damage.

Usage examples of "damageable".

He had a flashing mental picture of it being designed for only nonhuman materials—and then thought of the damageable fruits and vegetables among its food cargo came to mind and reassured him.

The custom of the shop fell off, because a story had got abroad that she soured her small beer and other damageable commodities, by scowling on them.

He managed to suit up himself, keep Scotty’s great booted feet off the damageable goods, and exchange a few sentences with Jo.

The rain was beginning to ease off a little, but it was still extremely wet, and since she didn't know what it was that was in the box, whether it was perhaps something delicate or damageable, she thought she ought to find somewhere reasonably dry to open it.