defense
IPA: dɪfˈɛns
noun
- The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
- Anything employed to oppose attack(s).
- (team sports) A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
- (team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
- An argument in support or justification of something.
- (law, by extension) The case presented by the defendant in a legal proceeding.
- (law, by extension) The lawyer or team thereof who presents such a case.
- (government, military, euphemistic) Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
- (obsolete) A prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.
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Examples of "defense" in Sentences
- The defense denied the accusation.
- The defense of the coast was essential.
- The defense then appeals to the umpire.
- Frequent brushing is the first defense.
- They have the prosecution and the defense.
- Defense was the hallmark of the 1967 team.
- Committees for the Defense of the Revolution.
- The are the defense department of the Vatican.
- Bhulabhai was the leading counsel for the defense.
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