VULNERABLE
MEANING 1 : (adj.) in a position that makes one capable of easily sustaining emotional or physical injury; assailable
EXAMPLE SENTENCES :
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The haphazard defence arrangements made the fort very vulnerable to attack.
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She loved him madly and therefore was always the vulnerable one in the relationship.
MEANING 2 : (adj.) likely to succumb to temptation or persuasion
EXAMPLE SENTENCES :
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Do not toy with his emotions now; he has been through a period of emotional turmoil, and is at his most vulnerable.
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Having lost so much, she is at her most vulnerable self at the moment.
SYNONYMS: susceptible, defenceless
ANTONYMS: invulnerable, impervious
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