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(noun) protection from harm; "sanitation is the best defense against disease" |
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Synonyms: defence |
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Related Words: guarding, protecting, protection |
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(noun) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies; "they died in the defense of Stalingrad"; "they were developed for the defense program" |
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Synonyms: defence, defensive measure |
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Related Words: BW defense, action, air defense, biological warfare defense, chemical defence, chemical defense, deliberate defence, deliberate defense, hasty defence, hasty defense, military action, minelaying, mining, stand, umbrella |
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(noun) a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him; "he gave evidence for the defense" |
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Synonyms: defence, demurrer, denial |
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Related Words: due process, due process of law |
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Antonyms: prosecution |
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(noun) the justification for some act or belief; "he offered a persuasive defense of the theory" |
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Synonyms: defence, vindication |
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Related Words: alibi, apologia, apology, excuse, justification, self-justification |
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(noun) an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack; "he joined the defense against invasion" |
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Synonyms: defence |
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Related Words: bastion, organisation, organization |
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(noun) the defendant and his legal advisors collectively; "the defense called for a mistrial" |
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Synonyms: defence, defense lawyers, defense team |
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Related Words: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection |
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Antonyms: prosecution |
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(noun) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring; "his teams are always good on defense" |
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Synonyms: defence, defending team |
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Related Words: squad, team |
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Antonyms: offense |
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(noun) a structure used for defense; "the artillery battered down the defenses" |
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Synonyms: defence, defensive structure |
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Related Words: cheval-de-frise, chevaux-de-frise, construction, fastness, fort, fortification, fortress, line of defence, line of defense, munition, outwork, stronghold, structure |
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(noun) the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions; "his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive"; "in defense he said the other man started it" |
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Synonyms: defence, refutation |
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Related Words: answer, rebuttal |
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(noun) the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security; created in 1947 |
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Synonyms: Defense Department, Department of Defense, DoD |
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Related Words: executive department |
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(noun) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires |
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Synonyms: defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense mechanism, defense reaction |
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Related Words: compensation, conversion, denial, idealisation, idealization, projection, psychoanalytic process, rationalisation, rationalization, regression, repression |
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