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defense
Definition:
(nou) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies (nou) protection from harm (nou) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring (nou) the justification for some act or belief (nou) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires (nou) the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947 (nou) the defendant and his legal advisors collectively (nou) the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions (nou) an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack (nou) a structure used to defend against attack (nou) a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him (nou) the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
Phonetic Transcription:
dɪˈfens
Examples:
The are the defense department of the Vatican.
The defense denied the accusation.
The defense of the coast was essential.
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