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defense


noun
1. (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies (Freq. 17)
- they died in the defense of Stalingrad
- they were developed for the defense program
Syn:
defence, defensive measure
Topics:
military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
Hypernyms:
military action, action
Hyponyms:
umbrella, air defense, stand, hasty defense, hasty defence,
deliberate defense, deliberate defence, biological defense, biological defence, biodefense, biodefence,
chemical defense, chemical defence, mining, minelaying, biological warfare defense, biological warfare defence,
BW defense, BW defence
2. protection from harm (Freq. 9)
- sanitation is the best defense against disease
Syn:
defence
Hypernyms:
protection
3. (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring (Freq. 2)
- his teams are always good on defense
Syn:
defence, defending team
Ant:
offence (for: defence), offense
Derivationally related forms:
defend (for: defence)
Topics:
sport, athletics
Hypernyms:
team, squad
4. the justification for some act or belief (Freq. 2)
- he offered a persuasive defense of the theory
Syn:
defence, vindication
Derivationally related forms:
vindicate (for: vindication), defend (for: defence)
Hypernyms:
justification
Hyponyms:
apology, apologia, alibi, excuse, exculpation, self-justification
5. (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires (Freq. 1)
Syn:
defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defence
Topics:
psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine
Hypernyms:
psychoanalytic process, process, unconscious process
Hyponyms:
compensation, conversion, denial, displacement, idealization,
idealisation, intellectualization, intellectualisation, isolation, projection, rationalization,
rationalisation, reaction formation, regression, repression
6. the defendant and his legal advisors collectively (Freq. 1)
- the defense called for a mistrial
Syn:
defence, defense team, defense lawyers
Ant:
prosecution
Derivationally related forms:
defend (for: defence)
Hypernyms:
collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
7. the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions (Freq. 1)
- his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive
- in defense he said the other man started it
Syn:
refutation, defence
Derivationally related forms:
refute (for: refutation)
Hypernyms:
answer
Hyponyms:
confutation, rebuttal
8. an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
- he joined the defense against invasion
Syn:
defence, defense force, defence force
Derivationally related forms:
defend (for: defence)
Hypernyms:
organization, organisation
Hyponyms:
bastion
9. a structure used to defend against attack
- the artillery battered down the defenses
Syn:
defensive structure, defence
Hypernyms:
structure, construction
Hyponyms:
cheval-de-frise, chevaux-de-frise, fortification, munition, fortress,
fort, line of defense, line of defence, outwork, stronghold, fastness
10. a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
- he gave evidence for the defense
Syn:
defence, denial, demurrer
Ant:
prosecution
Derivationally related forms:
deny (for: denial)
Topics:
law, jurisprudence
Hypernyms:
due process, due process of law
Hyponyms:
entrapment
Part Holonyms:
trial
11. the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
- a good boxer needs a good defense
- defense against hurricanes is an urgent problem
Syn:
defence
Hypernyms:
protection

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