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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Defenseless \De*fense"less\, adjective Destitute of defense; unprepared to resist attack; unable to oppose; unprotected. [Also spelled {defenceless}.]-- {De*fense"less*ly}, adverb -- {De*fense"less*ness}, noun
2. unarmed; used of persons or the military. {armed} [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
defenseless
adjective
1: lacking protection or support; "a defenseless child" [syn: {defenceless}]
2: having no protecting or concealing cover; "naked to mine enemies"- Shakespeare [syn: {naked}]
3: lacking weapons for self-defense [syn: {defenceless}]
adverb: without defense; "the child was standing in the middle of the crossfire, defenselessly" [syn: {defencelessly}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "defenseless": abandoned, aidless, bare-handed, deserted, desolate, fatherless, forlorn, forsaken, friendless, godforsaken, guardless, guideless, helpless, homeless, kithless, leaderless, motherless, outcast, pregnable, unarmed, unarmored, unattended, uncovered, undefended, unfortified, unfriended, ungarrisoned, unguarded, unprotected, unscreened, unsheltered, unshielded, unsuspecting, untenable, unwarned, unwatched, vulnerable, weaponless
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