Defenseless
Defenseless adjective - Lacking protection from danger or resistance against attack.
Ready and defenseless are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ready" instead an adjective "Defenseless".
Nearby Word: defense
Ready
Ready adjective - Being in a state of fitness for some experience or action.
Defenseless and ready are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defenseless" instead an adjective "Ready".
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Unfortunately, this also leaves them defenseless against the Nightmares, who just so happen to be quite forgotten by the populace and quite ready for their vengeance
Odd-Shaped Panel: Both the graphic novels and the prelude webcomic contain several of these.
Source: Webcomic / Dreamkeepers - However they are ready and willing to do some pretty nasty things, such as killing a completely innocent guy who happens to have all the government secrets in his head, or summarily executing an unarmed, defenseless, surrendering (albeit very dangerous and evil) enemy agent, for national security.
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After the former is somehow still standing after taking a huge blow from Ra's field destruction move, he manages to draw and summon Gearfried, and is ready to direct attack his now defenseless opponent... only to collapse from all of the strain he suffered from his opponent's Dark Game.
Source: Negated Moment of Awesome
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