assailable

adjective

Definition of assailablenext
as in undefended

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assailable
  1. undefended
  2. unprotected
  3. susceptible
  4. liable
  5. unsecured
  6. unguarded
  7. insecure
  8. exposed
Adjective
  • With European powers diverting men and supplies to Europe in 1939-41 to battle Nazi Germany, colonies in the Pacific were mostly undefended.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 5 Dec. 2024
  • In the north, Darwin was facing near-weekly bombing raids from Japanese bases on Timor and surrounding islands, and thousands of miles of tropical coastline were uninhabited and undefended.
    Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
Definition of undefended
Adjective
  • And Israeli troops often stand by as looters attack unprotected aid.
    Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 18 Dec. 2024
  • There is no cure for polio, and someone who’s unprotected could be left paralyzed for the rest of their life.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of unprotected
Adjective
  • These cognitive effects also help explain why people are susceptible to self-harm and substance abuse late at night, research by Brown’s colleagues suggests.
    Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The pain behind the ear pressure is a result of the Eustachian tube being blocked from other outside factors including allergies and infections — with kids being more susceptible due to having smaller Eustachian tubes.
    Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of susceptible
Adjective
  • Cities also can hold residents liable for fire damage and emergency responses related to fireworks use.
    Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 26 Dec. 2024
  • This increasingly prevalent form of theft targets the billions of dollars that flow through the gift card market each year, leaving victims frustrated and retailers liable.
    Judy Moon, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of liable
Adjective
  • In negotiations to take ownership, the group sweetened the deal by increasing the payments going to individual opioid victims and other unsecured creditors.
    Bob Fernandez, ProPublica, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The woman's boyfriend was charged with child endangerment Comments A 22-year-old mother in California is dead after police say her toddler accidentally shot her with an unsecured gun.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of unsecured
Adjective
  • Without his six other members filling the space around him, and in the absence of a packed schedule keeping him hurdling full speed ahead, RM (born Kim Namjoon) is loose, unguarded, often introspective and occasionally gleefully aimless.
    Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Samuel Alito’s unguarded comments were in contrast to those of Roberts, who was also secretly recorded at the 2024 event by Windsor.
    Justin Jouvenal, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2024
Definition of unguarded
Adjective
  • The residents of the Southern Tier of New York will get no revenue from their natural gas bounty, and the residents of the New York City metropolitan region will continue to have an insecure supply of power.
    Daniel Markind, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Part of the fixation on cultural algorithms is a product of the insecure position in which cultural gatekeepers find themselves.
    T.M. Brown, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of insecure
Adjective
  • Retaining S-400s in Syria no longer serves Russia’s strategic interests since the systems became more exposed following the takeover of the country, including Latakia, by anti-Assad armed groups.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • As water levels recede, the exposed lake bed is dry and dusty, and frequently emits a hold-your-nose rotten-egg stench, the result of natural processes, according to the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
    Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of exposed
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