Word Finder - vulnerability

definition

Susceptibility to attack or injury; the state or condition of being weak or poorly defended.

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The country recognized their defence vulnerability after an airplane landed in front of the central square without any consequences.

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A specific weakness in the protections or defences surrounding someone or something.

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A weakness which allows an attacker to reduce a system's security

I see weakness and vulnerability as I do everyone.

I will not be a vulnerability the Others can exploit, she said.

This is more common in women, given the increased vulnerability of a shorter urethra.

And I am acutely aware of the vulnerability of my back.

The length of vulnerability differs between puppies and depends on each puppy's individual metabolic rate.

She was one of the first great photographers to explore her own identity and vulnerability by taking pictures of people on the fringes of society.

A puppy may suffer vulnerability to the parvo virus for several days or several weeks during its young life.

All these ecological factors lead to severe constraints and increase famine vulnerability at alarming rates.

This would result in a reduction of the overall vulnerability of the countries by offering additional sustenance to the economies.

In response, Secunia upped its assessment of the vulnerability to " extremely critical ", its most dire warning.

The war is a reminder of the vulnerability of the small, new states around Russia and of America 's interest in their independence.

Charlize Theron continues to engulf the screen with beauty and vulnerability as John 's safecracking daughter, Stella.

Orion 's vulnerability was proven by the lowly but deadly Scorpion.

To survey the main building types in the areas principally at risk and to assess their vulnerability to pyroclastic flow and tephra fall damage.

The further step of removing warheads from missiles would also add a new vulnerability to our deterrent posture.

An obvious vulnerability when it comes to identity theft on the computer is the possibility of a computer getting physically stolen.

There can be extremely dangerous contraindications when Clonazepam is used with other drugs, especially drugs that are not regulated and which already create vulnerability in the user.

Perhaps the greatest risk at this time is the patient's vulnerability to secondary infections.

Nudity, or being partly naked, is thought to symbolize the dreamer's feelings of vulnerability or fear that others might see what the dreamer is hiding.

Chronic illness, kidney disease treated by dialysis, and steroid use increase vulnerability to infection.

They tend to be "loners" who exhibit signs of vulnerability before being singled out by a bully.

Her vulnerability shimmered around her in a way that left him unable to leave her alone, until he was certain the worst was over.

The vulnerability she felt in the immortal world lingered.

This leads to increased vulnerability to both major and minor aliments.

A longer PR implies first degree block, a shorter PR may indicate a vulnerability to supraventricular arrhythmias.

The Asian crisis has revealed the vulnerability of dependence on imports to meet our food needs.

These services should include helping clients install and operate secure network connections as well as mechanisms to rapidly disseminate vulnerability information and corrections.

This magnetic remanence, therefore, is a major vulnerability of any OA System employing magnetic storage media.

In the wake of that clash, we met with the CIO and his staff to initiate the WLAN vulnerability remediation.

Orion's vulnerability was proven by the lowly but deadly scorpion.

The potentialities of aerial warfare and the extreme vulnerability of non-combatants to its attacks tend to emphasize the urgency of agreements of this nature.

Variable immunodeficiency resulting in increased vulnerability to infections.

Most children with these disorders seem to have a biological vulnerability to stress, making them more susceptible to environmental stimuli than the rest of the population.

Children are more likely to suffer sports injuries than adults since a child's vulnerability is heightened by immature reflexes, an inability to recognize and evaluate risks, and underdeveloped coordination.

Being victimized leads these children, who already may lack self-esteem, to feel more anxious, thereby increasing their vulnerability to further bullying.

The first step in raising your radar, is accepting your vulnerability.

Showing a little vulnerability or weakness often takes the pressure or load off of her, too.

Your weight has added to your emotional vulnerability because it has become a barrier to meeting men and developing a romantic relationship.

What I am referring to are the signals of attraction, eye contact, and tone of voice, humor, playfulness, vulnerability and the like.

The best passionate cards tend to express some of the vulnerability of wanting someone that much - or the difference between "want" and "need."

These questions are personal, in depth and ask your lover to share a vulnerability with you.

In addition, a water sign will have the same depth of emotions and vulnerability of those feelings being bruised easily.

These victims truly yearn for genuine help, but their vulnerability makes them ripe targets for these types of cons.

Gibson's free utility Mousetrap allows users to check if their systems have the Windows WMF Metafile image code execution (MICE) vulnerability.

I think it gave a nice storyline; it gave TJ vulnerability and a real circumstance instead of just being the medic who was overwhelmed.

Caring for someone is a vulnerability.

Her teal gaze was filled with sorrow rather than hope, but her vulnerability hooked him nonetheless.

Numerous wild hypotheses as to changes in the constitution of the host-plant, leading to supposed vulnerability previously non-existent, would probably never have seen the light had the full significance of the truth been grasped that an epidemic results when the external laciors favor a parasite somewhat more than they do the host.

The Roechling-Rodenhauser furnace is unfitted, by the vulnerability of its interior walls, for receiving charges of cold metal to be melted down, but it is used to good advantage for purifying molten basic Bessemer steel sufficiently to fit it for use in the form of railway rails.

If Talon killed Jonny during that split second of vulnerability, before Jonny gained Czerno's powers, he could become the Black God.