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adv. - Without the ability to resist attack.

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  • The child was standing in the middle of the crossfire, defenselessly
  • McCain laughed defensively as he defenselessly responded, "I'm afraid so."
  • He thought of Hed, gripped so defenselessly hi the heart of the sea, with not even the illusion of the High One to protect it.
  • Power Line points out that the Albright quote Palin shot defenselessly from the air and left to die is not a "Quote of the Day" at all but a "The Way I See It."
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