ABATABLE

abatable

(adjective) capable of being abated

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

abatable (comparative more abatable, superlative most abatable)

Capable of being abated. [First attested from 1350 to 1470.]

Source: Wiktionary


A*bat"a*ble, a.

Definition: Capable of being abated; as, an abatable writ or nuisance.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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EARTHSHAKING

(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”


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