thwartable

Able to block

Thwartable describes something that can be prevented, blocked, or frustrated.

Plans, attacks, and ambitions are thwartable if countermeasures exist: The plot was thwartable with proper intelligence.

The word implies vulnerability to opposition—what can be thwarted isn't inevitable.

preventable

stoppable

Able to be halted

interceptable · preventible · hindering · deterrable · preclusive · counteractive · prohibitable · suppressible · vetoable

defeatable

beatable

Capable of being defeated

opposable · counterable · resistible · vulnerable · assailable · challengeable · contestable · rebuttable · breakable · subdued

Opposites
preventability

thwartableunstoppable

Impossible to halt

unpreventable · inevitable · inexorable · irresistible · ineluctable

feasibility of completion

thwartableachievable

Able to be accomplished

doable · possible · attainable · supported · enabled

Family

thwart, thwarted, thwarting, thwarts, unthwarted

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