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Discover LudwigThe phrase "defenceless of" is grammatically correct, but it is not commonly used in written English.
It can be used in a sentence to describe someone or something that is completely without defense or protection. Example: The village was defenceless of any means of communication, making it difficult to call for help in times of danger.
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The test of a civilised society is how well it protects the most vulnerable and defenceless of its citizens.
She was told by a judge at Leeds crown court that she had "robbed an apparently healthy child, vulnerable and defenceless, of the life which he was about to commence".
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Her walk of atonement was a turning point – she was shown as vulnerable and defenceless on top of the things we already knew she was: a grieving mother, overlooked daughter and unhappy wife.
By looking on passively upon this murder of defenceless millions of tortured children, women and men they have become partners to the responsibility".
The single most horrific example of human rights atrocities arising from government-instigated communal disputes was the 1997 massacre of 45 defenceless members of a Christian base community called the Abejas (Bees) in the hamlet of Acteal.
He added: "The murder of any human being is always a tragedy, the murder of a defenceless child of any age, the more so.
At present non-consensual sex is only considered punishable if one of the following criteria is fulfilled: the accused must have used violence or threatened to do so or taken advantage of the defenceless position of his victim.
Duchesne declared that the incident had been the cold, calculated murder of a defenceless group of innocent young people by an ex-convict, released only three weeks earlier and already known as an anti-social psychopath.
By a dramatic sleight of hand, Mamet also shows the pathetically defenceless student of the first half turning into the vindictive accuser of the second.
It conveyed the disdain of the new Israelis – so proud of their muscularity and their newly acquired power of self-determination – for the powerless, defenceless Jews of the diaspora.
At first sight, frogs seem rather defenceless because of their small size, slow movement, thin skin, and lack of defensive structures, such as spines, claws or teeth.
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