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Defenceless   Listen
adjective
defenceless  adj.  Same as defenseless; as, a defenceless child.
Synonyms: defenseless, helpless.


Defenseless  adj.  
1.
Destitute of defense; unprepared to resist attack; unable to oppose; unprotected. (Also spelled defenceless)
2.
Unarmed; used of persons or the military. Antonym: armed.





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"Defenceless" Quotes from Famous Books



... in a very defenceless condition, so far as resisting the simultaneous attack of several hundred determined natives was concerned: we might empty our firearms upon them, and if every shot told—which was most unlikely, in the excitement attendant upon an attack—we should kill or ...
— Turned Adrift • Harry Collingwood
... mercy. "Go back," cried the crowd, "you must both roast together." They set fire to the rick outside and then proceeded to fire the thatch of the cottage. "Hold, hold!" cried a stern voice, and Pascal rushed in amongst them. "Cowards! would you murder two defenceless women? Tigers that you are, would you fire and ...
— Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist • Samuel Smiles
... boy's cause in hand. For Mrs Darvell was gifted with a range of expression and a freedom of speech which had been denied to her "man," and he had learned to dread the times when the missus was put out, as occasions when he stood defenceless before that deadly weapon—the tongue. He was dreading it now, although he sat so quietly smoking in the chimney-corner. The air had that vaguely uneasy feeling in it that precedes a storm. Presently there would be the ...
— Our Frank - and other stories • Amy Walton
... into English fiction, and we know of no other Friend in latter-day fiction to equal him. Defoe in his inimitable manner has defined surely and deftly the peculiar characteristics of the sect in this portrait. On three separate occasions we find William saving unfortunate natives or defenceless prisoners from the cruel and wicked barbarity of the sailors. At page 183, for example, the reader will find a most penetrating analysis of the dense stupidity which so often accompanies man's love of bloodshed. ...
— The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton • Daniel Defoe
... am very far from admitting, or in having exaggerated its power, which is in itself probable, I have at least, as I hope, done good service in aiding to overthrow the dogma of separate creations." At the end of the chapter he touches upon the objection as to man's helpless and defenceless condition. Against this he urges his ...
— Darwin and Modern Science • A.C. Seward and Others


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