(a.) Capable of being defended; as, a defensible city, or a defensible cause.
(a.) Capable of offering defense.
Example Sentences:
(1) The defensive modifications of the functions of the ego itself seen in micropsia are closely allied to those seen in the dèjá vu experience and in depersonalization.
(2) Steroids are not recommended because they may compromise defenses against an underlying disease process.
(3) What constitutes a "mental disorder" for purposes of the insanity defense?
(4) Since neutrophils are the first line of defense against infection the vulnerability to infection of the elderly may be due, at least in part, to age-related changes in neutrophils (PMNs).
(5) Tests were chosen to assess various aspects of monocyte function that give some insight into the host defense status and the degree of "activation" of the monocyte.
(6) It has been speculated that these cigarette smoke-induced alterations contribute to the depressed pulmonary defense mechanisms commonly demonstrated in smokers.
(7) The muscle-protein breakdown is sustained and the released amino acids are taken up by the liver and other RE structures where they are used as substrates for energy and for synthesis of defense-related proteins.
(8) Two other groups were trained in a classical defensive paradigm.
(9) The paper postulates that 'anal or sphincter defensiveness' is one of the precursors of the repression barrier.
(10) The complement system provides a critical level of defense against bacterial invasion.
(11) Accordingly, the 30-fold differences in aging rate among the mammalian species could be determined in part by peroxidation defense processes.
(12) Lovely chip behind the defense on Green's goal, and almost sprung the defense with a clever free kick to play in Dempsey with time running out.
(13) The Defense Department can object to a merger involving its key suppliers during a federal antitrust review, which in this case could be led by the Justice Department.
(14) The Lerner & Lerner Scale for assessing primitive defenses is reviewed.
(15) A lot is being expected of rookie cornerbacks Desmond Trufant and Robert Alford, but defensive co-ordinator Mike Nolan has a good track record of keeping his units competitive.
(16) Questions are raised about the recent tendency in psychoanalytic theory to develop or invoke different theories of defense to explain a broad range of clinical phenomena.
(17) Hazard, nominated for the Ballon d’Or earlier in the day, broke away from his industrious defensive running to curl a shot on to the base of the far post early on while Willian struck the crossbar with a free-kick just after the interval.
(18) Although alpha 1-antiprotease (alpha 1-AP) binds and inactivates NE and is the major antielastase of the lower respiratory tract, antielastase defenses may be overwhelmed in CF, leading to progressive lung damage.
(19) Many child analytic patients use defenses to ward off feelings, many have not even reached the developmental level of experiencing feelings.
(20) Selective migration results in a relative preponderance of CD4 cells in the diffuse infiltrate and it is suggested that this is a mechanism likely to potentiate defensive reaction to Mycobacterium tuberculosis: any deficiency in selective migration may make immunological defences less effective and so contribute to the chronicity of the lesions of tuberculosis.
Indefensible
Definition:
() Not defensible; not capable of being defended, maintained, vindicated, or justified; unjustifiable; untenable; as, an indefensible fortress, position, cause, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) This week has exposed the indefensibility of weapons sales so clearly that the need for a suspension seems undeniable, except to the government.
(2) He also criticised the "indefensible" length of time families of the victims had had to wait for an inquest to be held.
(3) Whilst so much time, energy and resource has been spent defending and analysing the indefensible, from a woman's perspective, Rome has quietly burned down.
(4) In what is a credit to his integrity (although not his humanity), Walker held firm to his extremist position: “I believe that that is an unborn child that’s in need of protection out there, and I’ve said many a time that that unborn child can be protected, and there are many other alternatives that can also protect the life of that mother.” It’s is almost impossible to overstate how radical and indefensible Walker’s position is.
(5) We believe, as such, that these actions are unnecessary and indefensible, not to mention commercially questionable and potentially damaging to YouTube itself, given the harm likely to result from this approach.” Contacted by The Guardian overnight, YouTube provided this response: "YouTube provides a global platform for artists to connect with fans and generate revenue for their music," said a spokesperson.
(6) The politician, who heads the government department responsible for children's services and who was himself adopted as a child, said: "Rotherham's reasons for denying this family the chance to foster are indefensible.
(7) Lakoff and Johnson wrote out the most pervasive metaphors like this: GOOD IS UP; BAD IS DOWN (“We hit a peak last year, but it’s been downhill ever since”) ARGUMENT IS WAR (“Your claims are indefensible”) IDEAS ARE FOOD (“We shouldn’t spoonfeed our students”) UNDERSTANDING IS SEEING (“Let me point something out to you.
(8) Since 2001, when the Bush administration bluntly told Islamabad it must take sides, be either "for us or agin us" in the newly declared "war on terror", Pakistan has struggled under a plethora of imperious American demands, démarches and impositions that are at once politically indefensible and contrary to the perceived national interest.
(9) Didn't he realise what he was doing on his computer was unbelievably dangerous, and indefensible?
(10) Physician care was considered defensible in 62% of the cases and indefensible in 25% of the cases, in almost half of which the physician admitted error.
(11) If the allegations are true they are so serious and so fundamental to how the press operates in this country that it becomes indefensible."
(12) Phil Shiner, solicitor at Public Interest Lawyers , said: "[This] has confirmed that the government's plan to deny legal aid to claimants other than those who are classed as 'lawfully resident' in the UK for 12 months was unjust and indefensible.
(13) You need a Reagan.” For the conservative blogger Erick Erickson, the key is rediscovering the party’s moral compass after many defended the indefensible in Trump.
(14) Facebook Twitter Pinterest McKinney police chief Greg Conley says the actions of Corporal Eric Casebolt were ‘indefensible’ Maurice Gray, whose wife and five children were at the party, said he is “hoping this will heal the neighborhood, the officer doing the right thing”.
(15) When other broadcasters either provide their content for free or allow subscribers to build their own package of channels, the approach of compelling people to buy the whole shebang via a tax is becoming indefensible.
(16) Pension parity for all After today's verdict John Markham, director of UK parliamentary affairs for the ICBP, said: "The ruling is completely indefensible and will leave half a million pensioners facing the possibility of destitution.
(17) But it can withdraw from this fight comforted by the fact that the banks have (finally) now recognised that they were trying to defend the indefensible.
(18) The YouTube video by Sunny Hundal which reveals the gentle nature by which we hold our displays serves to emphasise that abortion is indefensible.
(19) I condemn this attack in the strongest possible terms.” – UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon “The shelling of a UN facility, that is housing innocent civilians who are fleeing violence, is totally unacceptable and totally indefensible.” – White House spokesman Josh Earnest “ The world stands disgraced ” – Pierre Krähenbühl, commissioner-general of UNRWA IDF Comment: “Regarding the UNRWA facility in Jabaliya, we have determined that an exchange of fire, including mortar fire, did indeed take place in the vicinity of the school.” Additional: “All available evidence points to Israeli artillery as the cause – Ban Ki-moon Damage “likely to have come from heavy artillery not designed for precision use … [the IDF] provided no evidence of [militant] activity and no explanation for the strike beyond saying that Palestinian militants were firing about 200 yards away.” – New York Times investigation .
(20) How this happened is still unclear, but justice secretary Chris Grayling has said the allegations represent something "wholly indefensible and unacceptable".