targetable

English

Etymology

target +‎ -able

Adjective

targetable (not comparable)

  1. (of a missile, etc.) That can be targeted (directed towards a target).
    • 1974, Hsinhua Weekly:
      Since the Soviet Union is lagging far behind the U.S. in multiple independently targetable missiles which are capable of attacking many strategic targets of the opposite side, […]
  2. (of a person, etc) That can be targeted; i.e., that can be made into a target (of attack, etc).
    • 2011 December 5, A. Afsaruddin, Islam, the State, and Political Authority: Medieval Issues and Modern Concerns, Springer, →ISBN:
      Do Islamic juridical discourses stress the distinction between the targetable soldiers at Fort Hood and the nontargetable civilians of London, Madrid, and New York?
    • 2016 August 25, David M. Barnes, The Ethics of Military Privatization: The US Armed Contractor Phenomenon, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 124:
      ... there are many legally targetable soldiers, for example, who are not actually engaging in harm. Consider the problem of the sleeping soldier. Just who are the “innocent” in bellum justum?
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