targetable

English

Etymology

From 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?