defense
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~ (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring; "his teams are always good on defense"
defense
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~ (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies; "they died in the defense of Stalingrad"; "they were developed for the defense program"
defense
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~ (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
defense attorney
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~ the lawyer representing the defendant
defense
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~ protection from harm; "sanitation is the best defense against disease"
defense
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~ 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"
defense
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~ an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack; "he joined the defense against invasion"
defensibility
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~ capability of being defended; "they built their castles with an eye to their defensibility"; "client complaints create a felt need for the defensibility of individual actions"