The point is to create unusual physical circumstances and therefore an increased degree of vulnerability.

In his reduced physical and fiscal circumstances, Ali is no longer threatening.

The heat was deadly only in combination with particular social and physical circumstances.

This is most often a matter of physical circumstances (e.g. no space) and also very much a question of money.

In stage one, the limit is set by physical circumstances.

But the physical circumstances can change the way you listen.

"the woman's current and future physical, psychological and social circumstances."

And of the physical circumstances, who else is there who knows?

"Setting refers to the time and place of a speech act and, in general, to the physical circumstances".

I let the other characters, the situation, the room, the actual physical circumstances of that particular moment tell me what I should be doing.