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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



... The Greek Cypriot economy is prosperous but highly susceptible to external shocks. Erratic growth rates over the past decade reflect the economy's vulnerability to swings in tourist arrivals, caused by political instability in the region and fluctuations in economic conditions in Western Europe. Economic policy is focused on meeting the criteria for admission to the EU. As in the Turkish sector, water shortages ...
— The 2003 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency
... detriment, harm, hurt, wound, impairment, mutilation, defacement, violation, lesion. Associated Words: vulnerable, vulnerability, invulnerable, invulnerability, inviolable, vulnific. ...
— Putnam's Word Book • Louis A. Flemming
... and tramp off his discontent leaving her to fight her boredom by the fire. She'd brought it on herself, hadn't she? Nobody wanted her to come. Was there some hidden force in women, their apparent vulnerability to the harsh world conditions that were bound to crush out even them in the end? They seemed so weak you had, in mercy, to reenforce them and then they proved so horribly strong, and used their strength against you, depleted ...
— Old Crow • Alice Brown
... the German Chateau-Thierry offensive established the deep Marne salient, but the enemy was taking chances, and the vulnerability of this pocket to attack might be turned to his disadvantage. Seizing this opportunity to support my conviction, every division with any sort of training was made available for use in a counter offensive. The place of honor in the thrust toward Soissons on July 18 was given to our 1st ...
— Winning a Cause - World War Stories • John Gilbert Thompson and Inez Bigwood
... The recognized vulnerability of the Canal has caused the United States to plan another through Nicaragua. The friendship of the Nicaraguan Government and people, therefore, is of great importance to us from both a commercial and a military standpoint. It is ...
— Secret Armies - The New Technique of Nazi Warfare • John L. Spivak


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


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