adjective
- capable of being captured, conquered, or successfully attacked
Usage: formal; often used in military contexts
Examples
- The fortress appeared pregnable from the eastern approach.
- Military analysts considered the city’s defenses pregnable.
- The castle’s walls were old and pregnable to modern weapons.
- Enemy forces identified the pregnable sections of the border.
- The general avoided attacking the pregnable position during daylight.
- Historical records show the stronghold was pregnable only during winter.