Usually means: Unprotected, vulnerable to terrorist attacks.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. soft target: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. soft target: Merriam-Webster
  3. soft target: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. soft target: Collins English Dictionary
  5. soft target: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. soft target: Wiktionary
  7. Soft Target (book), Soft target: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. soft target: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Soft Target: Miniature Wargaming Glossary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Soft Target: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (soft target)

▸ noun:  An undefended civilian target, vulnerable to attack by an army, military group or terrorists.

Similar:
open goal, weak spot, targetability, field, offensive, expendable, exploitable, fencible, preserve, deployable, more...

Opposite:
hard target, fortified, secure, protected

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Similar:
open goal, weak spot, targetability, field, offensive, expendable, exploitable, fencible, preserve, deployable, more...

Opposite:
hard target, fortified, secure, protected



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