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Defenseless

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Adjective

1. defenceless, defenseless

lacking protection or support

Example Sentences:
'a defenseless child'

2. defenseless, naked

having no protecting or concealing cover

Example Sentences:
'naked to mine enemies'

3. defenceless, defenseless

lacking weapons for self-defense

Adverb

4. defenceless, defencelessly, defenseless, defenselessly

without defense

Example Sentences:
'the child was standing in the middle of the crossfire, defenselessly'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Defenseless

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adjective
lacking defense; unable to defend oneself; open to attack; helpless; unprotected

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Defenseless

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n.
1. The act of defending against attack, danger, or injury.
2. A means or method of defending or protecting.
3. Sports The act or an instance of defending a championship against a challenger: will box in his third defense of his title.
4. An argument in support or justification of something. See Synonyms at apology.
5. Law
a. The act of defending a case.
b. A fact or law that provides a full or partial exoneration of the defendant against the charges or claims made in a lawsuit or prosecution.
c. The defendant and his or her legal counsel.
6. The science or art of defending oneself; self-defense.
7. (oftenfĕns) Sports
a. The means or tactics used in trying to stop the opposition from scoring.
b. The team or those players on the team attempting to stop the opposition from scoring.
c. Defending ability or potential.
8. The provision of personnel and resources for military purposes: proposed spending more on defense.
tr.v. de·fensed, de·fens·ing, de·fens·es
Sports
1. To attempt to stop (the opposition) from scoring.
2. To play defense against (an opponent or play).

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