Words with a similar base: Defense, Defense_Department, Department_of_Defense, United_States_Department_of_Defense

'Defense'
[defense.n.01] as in: (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies

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they died in the defense of Stalingrad
they were developed for the defense program


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'Defense'
[defense.n.02] as in: protection from harm

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sanitation is the best defense against disease


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'Defense'
[defense.n.03] as in: (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring

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his teams are always good on defense


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'Defense'
[defense.n.04] as in: the justification for some act or belief

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he offered a persuasive defense of the theory


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'Defense'
[defense_mechanism.n.01] as in: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires


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'Defense'
[department_of_defense.n.01] as in: the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947


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'Defense'
[defense.n.07] as in: the defendant and his legal advisors collectively

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the defense called for a mistrial


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'Defense'
[refutation.n.01] as in: the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions

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his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive
in defense he said the other man started it


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'Defense'
[defense.n.09] as in: an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack

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he joined the defense against invasion


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'Defense'
[defensive_structure.n.01] as in: a structure used to defend against attack

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the artillery battered down the defenses


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'Defense'
[defense.n.11] as in: a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him

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he gave evidence for the defense


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'Defense'
[defense.n.12] as in: the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury

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a good boxer needs a good defense
defense against hurricanes is an urgent problem


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