pregnable
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Or would the 50-odd Allied divisions still in Britain mount an entirely new thrust at the demonstrably pregnable Atlantic Wall?
From Time Magazine Archive
This rule rigidly defined the Nazis' plan of action in the Balkans: cut Yugoslavia from Greece, pro-Nazi Croatia from anti-Nazi Serbia, pregnable Thrace from defensible central Greece, the tough Greeks from the tough British.
From Time Magazine Archive
The newcomer's reserve was indeed pregnable to no assault I could devise.
From The Boss of Little Arcady by Harry Leon Wilson
He had routed the Trojans and driven them within their gates, when Paris, aided by Apollo, the divine archer, shot an arrow at the hero which struck him in his one pregnable spot, the heel.
From Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris
There comes therefore the Statesman who acknowledges to himself that he will be pregnable.
From The Duke's Children by Anthony Trollope
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