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

But after being left unprotected from the expansion process in June, Jenner signed a three-year contract with Hamilton.

— Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
As a result of these changes, species are still listed on paper as endangered but are largely unprotected.

— Timothy Randhir, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of unprotected

Adjective

Up to 9 out of 10 people who are susceptible will get the virus if exposed, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
The most susceptible areas will be Long Beach and the Avalon Harbor on Tuesday and Wednesday and then Malibu through Ventura County from Wednesday through Friday.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of susceptible

Adjective

The father of an 11-year-old who was shot by a sibling with an unsecured gun on Wednesday on Detroit's west side is in custody, police said.

— Heath Kalb, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
Several crew members walked off that South Carolina set over labor issues, shortly before Majors and co-star JC Kilcoyne fell through an unsecured glass window.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of unsecured

Adjective

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
But even as she and Tabitha are drawn into such dalliances and then bruised by them, the movie is less interested in passing judgment than in conjuring the freshman thrill of being young, curious and unguarded.

— Natalia Winkelman, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of unguarded

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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