Exposure and Security

Exposure

Exposure noun - The state of being left without shelter or protection against something harmful.

Security is an antonym for exposure.

Nearby Words: expose, exposed, exposition, exposing

Security

Security noun - The state of not being exposed to danger.
Usage example: after the burglaries, police presence in the neighborhood was enhanced to give residents a stronger sense of security

Exposure is an antonym for security in protection topic.

Nearby Words: secure, securely

How words are described

human human exposure human security
high high exposure high security
low low exposure low security
actual actual exposure actual security
Other adjectives: serious, blue, little, possible, extra, random, international, higher, global.

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Meet Dave Camp Gay: Number Four, the ship's security officer, was originally quite the manly type, but exposure to Earth culture causes him to become one of these instead.
  • Kill It with Fire When clothing is animated by exposure to SCP-692, security personnel are armed with flamethrowers so they can incinerate it if it goes out of control.
  • Series / The Mentalist Myopic Architecture: In one episode, the Victim of the Week was killed via exposure to a deadly virus kept in a high security vault accessed by retina scan—which didn't work right and would let in anybody who presented their eye for scanning.
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