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DAMAGEABLE
Etymology
Adjective
damageable (comparative more damageable, superlative most damageable)
(obsolete) Hurtful; pernicious.
Capable of being injured or weakened, susceptible to damage.
Source: Wiktionary
Dam"age*a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. OF. dammageable, 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 demageable unto your royal majesty. Hakluit.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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