Defenseless
Defenseless adjective - Lacking protection from danger or resistance against attack.
Lost and defenseless are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lost" instead an adjective "Defenseless".
Nearby Word: defense
Lost
Lost adjective - No longer possessed.
Defenseless and lost are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defenseless" instead an adjective "Lost".
Nearby Word: losing
Both words in one sentence
- By the end, he goes through this when he realizes he has just raped an unwilling, defenseless, emotionally torn teenage girl who has lost her virginity.
Source: Fan Fic / Eden (Obsessmuch) - It's pointed out that killing defenseless prisoners and your own allies is not the same as killing an enemy in battle, but the distinction seems lost on him.
Source: Revenge Myopia - In Raiders of the Lost Ark, a drunk and defenseless Marion and Belloq are cornered in a tent by Toht, who menacingly takes out a long, chained object...which folds into a coat hanger.
Source: Not So Dire
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