Powerless and Wounded

Powerless

Powerless adjective - Unable to act or achieve one's purpose.

Wounded and powerless are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wounded" instead an adjective "Powerless".

Nearby Words: power, powerful, powerfully

Wounded

Wounded adjective - Suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle.
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Synonyms for Wounded

Powerless and wounded are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Powerless" instead an adjective "Wounded".

Nearby Words: wound, wounding

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  • The Dog Bites Back May shade into Give Me a Sword when the character fails to act rather than actively attacks him; a wounded and powerless Big Bad may be helpless unless his Mook throws him something, so he demands it, and the Mook — just doesn't.
  • Film / School of Rock Later subverted — she actually only became tightly-wounded because she feels powerless against the constant, strident demands of over-protective parents.
  • In Power Rangers Lost Galaxy of all places, the Magna Defender, who is wounded, weak, and nearly powerless, tries this, telling Leo that he can gain Mike back via his death.
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