defenseless
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His resolve to protect the defenseless leads him to his most daring—and dangerous—act of bravery yet, one that will keep readers in suspense through the book’s heart-stopping final pages.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
“So, I was thoroughly disappointed; the guy was defenseless in the air. I know Steve was trying to block the shot, but the game’s a 25-point game. You don’t do that.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
"Fragile is the flesh of defenseless populations, tried by so many wars, ongoing or concluded, leaving behind rubble and open wounds," the pope said at the mass in St Peter's Basilica.
From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025
"This temporary state renders the shark defenseless, allowing the orcas to extract its nutrient-rich liver and likely consume other organs as well, before abandoning the rest of the carcass," explained Higuera.
From Science Daily • Nov. 3, 2025
With the OAS clamoring about all the jailings and executions, Trujillo was not going to murder a defenseless woman and dig his own grave.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
Vocabulary lists containing defenseless
Power Suffix: -less
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -less
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