defenceless
adjective/dɪˈfensləs/
/dɪˈfensləs/
(US English defenseless)
- weak; not able to protect yourself; having no protection
- defenceless children
- The village is defenceless against attack.
Extra Examples- These attacks on defenceless civilians must stop.
- He felt utterly defenceless.
- The city lay defenceless before the most powerful fighting force on the continent.
- They were completely defenceless against enemy attack.
- I can't believe that we persist in such cruelty to defenceless animals.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- lie
- …
- completely
- totally
- utterly
- …
- against
- poor defenceless
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