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1. Susceptible to attack
   "a vulnerable bridge"
    
2. Susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation
   "vulnerable to bribery"; "an argument vulnerable to refutation"
    
3. Capable of being wounded or hurt
   "vulnerable parts of the body"

See also: assailable, compromising, conquerable, dangerous, defenceless [Brit, Cdn], defenseless [US], endangered, indefensible, insecure, open, penetrable, susceptible, threatened, undefendable, undefended, under attack, under fire, unguarded, unprotected, unsafe, vulnerability, vulnerably, weak

Antonym: invulnerable

Encyclopedia: Vulnerable