Meanings
adjectivedetainable (not comparable)
- not comparableCapable of being detained.
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He was sent to Guantánamo in 2002, and Judge Kollar-Kotelly found that from the beginning of his stay, “there is no evidence in the record that anyone directed any allegations toward al-Rabiah nor any indication that interrogators believed al-Rabiah had engaged in any conduct that made him lawfully detainable.”
2009 September 26, The Associated Press, “Kuwaiti Ordered Released From Guantánamo Bay”, in New York Times
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APA
detainable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detainable
MLA
“detainable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detainable. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “detainable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detainable.
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