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Vulnerability   /vˌəlnərəbˈɪlɪti/   Listen
Vulnerability

noun
1.
The state of being vulnerable or exposed.  Synonym: exposure.  "His exposure to ridicule"
2.
Susceptibility to injury or attack.





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"Vulnerability" Quotes from Famous Books



... and training were, therefore, chiefly studied from the point of view of reconnaissance. In addition to the possibility of being shot at by other aircraft, an important consideration was vulnerability from the ground. Before the war reconnaissances were carried out at heights varying from 2,000 to 6,000 feet, but it was generally considered that the aeroplane was safe from fire from the ground at heights ...
— Aviation in Peace and War • Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes
... by rushes, the sight-setting should not be changed during a rush, but it should be done at the halts, so that the greater vulnerability of the targets presented during the rush ...
— Manual of Military Training - Second, Revised Edition • James A. Moss


Words linked to "Vulnerability" :   destructibility, invulnerability, frangibleness, danger, defencelessness, assailability, unprotectedness, weakness, defenselessness, fragility, vulnerable, frangibility, breakability


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