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undefended

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undefended [ˌʌndɪˈfɛndɪd]
adj
not having people to provide resistance against danger, attack, or harm
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.undefended - not defended or capable of being defendedundefended - not defended or capable of being defended; "an open city"; "open to attack"
vulnerable - susceptible to attack; "a vulnerable bridge"
Translations
undefended [ˈʌndɪˈfendɪd] ADJ
1. (Mil etc) → indefenso
2. (Jur) [suit] → ganado por incomparecencia del demandado
undefended
adj town, goalunverteidigt; the case was undefendedin dem Fall wurde auf Verteidigung verzichtet


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When the supports attached to Tushin's battery had been moved away in the middle of the action by someone's order, the battery had continued firing and was only not captured by the French because the enemy could not surmise that anyone could have the effrontery to continue firing from four quite undefended guns.
I made sure the Argive heroes could not withstand us, whereas like slim-waisted wasps, or bees that have their nests in the rocks by the wayside--they leave not the holes wherein they have built undefended, but fight for their little ones against all who would take them--even so these men, though they be but two, will not be driven from the gates, but stand firm either to slay or be slain.
He felt very sorry for her--not exactly that he believed that she had completely lost her head, but because it was painful to hear so much that was pretty, and undefended, and natural assigned to a vulgar place among the categories of disorder.
 
 
 
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