ASSAILABLE Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

assailable

adjective

Definition of assailable

as in undefended

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Adjective

Numan said the Iraqi military would not leave the Kurdistan region undefended.

— Jane Arraf, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026
The United States and Canada, historic allies along an undefended border, fell deeper into a trade war Saturday marked by angry recriminations and new tariffs that are expected to raise prices for products in both countries.

— PAUL WISEMAN, Arkansas Online, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of undefended

Adjective

This means that unprotected people need to stay home and away from others for 21 days after exposure.

— Katie Lockwood, STAT, 28 Oct. 2026
The students challenge that interpretation, contending that the university has not established that their individual statements constituted legally unprotected threats or caused the level of disruption required to justify punishment.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of unprotected

Adjective

Kirshner says most units aren’t susceptible and that the issues appear quickly on units with the defect.

— Jay Peters, The Verge, 26 Oct. 2026
Microwave weapons can address groups of small aircraft, interceptors can physically destroy individual threats, electronic warfare can disrupt susceptible communications, and lasers can interfere with optical sensors.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of susceptible

Adjective

If proven guilty, 28-year-old Mickschl could be liable for thousands of dollars in repair costs, the administrator told him.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2026
In August 2025, Allen was found liable by default rather than following a trial in which a jury weighed the competing accounts.

— Ashley Hume , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of liable

Adjective

Those in support of rezoning expressed concerns about the dust, air quality and Crown’s track record of not taking care of the neighborhood, which has included leaving vacant homes unsecured and messy.

— Jena Brooker, ProPublica, 29 Oct. 2026
For consumers with between $5,000 and $7,500 in unsecured debt, however, the threshold can decide whether a settlement program is an option at all.

— Malana VanTyler, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of unsecured

Adjective

The summary also said the safety manager responsible for walking around the warehouse daily and correcting issues failed to notice the unguarded part of the shear machine.

— Myla S. Roundy, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
Painter Sasha Gordon reckons with these depths and contradictions by conjuring realms where all facets of being can exist, unguarded and exposed.

— Chanel Miller, Time, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of unguarded

Adjective

Researchers already know how insecure devices like TV boxes can be.

— Peter Hall, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026
And according to Azdoufal, Energize Lab is storing this insecure data alongside your email, IP address, and a searchable, full-text database of everything its users have ever said in confidence.

— Sean Hollister, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of insecure

Adjective

The end result would be a gassy surface shining as brightly as a more exposed black hole but with the Balmer break and smooth red hump of a 5,000-kelvin star, de Graaff and Naidu theorized.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026
Morgan Stanley said Equinix and Digital Realty are less exposed because their facilities average roughly 5 to 10 megawatts, far below the gigawatt-scale AI campuses planned by hyperscalers and neocloud operators.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

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