With all the activity, he couldn't take a chance on being a defenseless target.

The object of this, of course, was to turn Earth into a defenseless target.

He turned and faced him, his pent-up fury spewing out at this easy and defenseless target.

To the Sports Editor: The news media sure found an easy and defenseless target in Schott!

Satherwaite replied, "You didn't want to bomb a defenseless target, did you?"

It must be said, however, that despite his penchant for shooting seemingly defenseless targets, Allee was not himself a coward.

The younger Stone has accused Romerstein of smearing a defenseless target with tainted and distorted evidence.

An aircraft with little energy is immobile, and becomes a defenseless target.

He became a defenseless target for politicians and others.

Was the Lutralian ship without sensor technology and therefore unable to see that the Chandley was a defenseless target?