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11assailable — adjective not defended or capable of being defended an open city open to attack • Syn: ↑undefendable, ↑undefended, ↑open • Similar to: ↑vulnerable …
12assail — assailable, adj. assailableness, n. assailer, n. assailment, n. /euh sayl /, v.t. 1. to attack vigorously or violently; assault. 2. to attack with arguments, criticism, ridicule, abuse, etc.: to assail one s opponent with slander …
13vulnerable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. open (to attack); weak, defenseless, assailable, susceptible. See danger, weakness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unprotected, helpless, defenseless, exposed, assailable; see also unsafe , weak 2 , 5 …
14undefendable — adjective not defended or capable of being defended an open city open to attack • Syn: ↑assailable, ↑undefended, ↑open • Similar to: ↑vulnerable • …
15pregnable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. vulnerable, assailable. See danger. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Open to attack and capture because of a lack of protection: assailable, attackable, vincible, vulnerable. See STRONG …
16unassailable — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. defended, not assailable, not subject to attack, impregnable, invulnerable; see also protected . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. undeniable, incontrovertible, indisputable, beyond argument, sound, certain, firm, rock… …
17Vulnerable — Vul ner*a*ble, a. [L. vulnerabilis wounding, injurious, from vulnerare to wound, vulnus a wound; akin to Skr. vra?a: cf. F. vuln[ e]rable.] [1913 Webster] 1. Capable of being wounded; susceptible of wounds or external injuries; as, a vulnerable… …
18assail — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French assaillir, from Vulgar Latin *assalire, alteration of Latin assilire to leap upon, from ad + salire to leap more at sally Date: 13th century to attack violently with blows or words… …
19unassailable — adjective Date: 1596 not assailable ; not liable to doubt, attack, or question < an unassailable argument > < an unassailable alibi > • unassailability noun • unassailableness noun • unassailably adverb …
20vulnerable — adjective Etymology: Late Latin vulnerabilis, from Latin vulnerare to wound, from vulner , vulnus wound; probably akin to Latin vellere to pluck, Greek oulē wound Date: 1605 1. capable of being physically or emotionally wounded 2. open to attack… …
