Vulnerable

a.	1.
	1.	Capable of being wounded; susceptible of wounds or external injuries; as, a vulnerable body. Achilles was vulnerable in his heel; and there will be wanting a Paris to infix the dart. - Dr. T. Dwight.
	2.	Liable to injury; subject to be affected injuriously; assailable; as, a vulnerable reputation. His skill in finding out the vulnerable parts of strong minds was consummate. - Macaulay.

Adj.	1.	vulnerable - susceptible to attack; "a vulnerable bridge" Antonyms: invulnerable - immune to attack; impregnable; "gunners raked the beach from invulnerable positions on the cliffs"
	2.	vulnerable - susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation; "vulnerable to bribery"; "an argument vulnerable to refutation"
	3.	vulnerable - capable of being wounded or hurt; "vulnerable parts of the body"
	4.	vulnerable - susceptible to physical or emotional injury; "at a tender age" Synonyms: tender

aidless, answerable for, apt to, assailable, attackable, beatable, breakable, brittle, brittle as glass, capable of, conquerable, crackable, crisp, crispy, crumbly, crushable, delicate, dependent on, exposed to, expugnable, fatherless, fissile, flimsy, fracturable, fragile, frail, frangible, friable, friendless, guideless, helpless, in danger of, incident to, lacerable, leaderless, liable to, likely to, motherless, naked to, obliged to, open to, penetrable, pregnable, prone to, ready for, responsible for, scissile, shatterable, shattery, shivery, splintery, standing to, subject to, surmountable, susceptive to, unfriended, unprotected, untenable, vincible, weak, within range of

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