[
US
/dɪˈfɛns/
]
NOUN
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a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
he gave evidence for the defense -
the defendant and his legal advisors collectively
the defense called for a mistrial -
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 -
(sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
his teams are always good on defense - (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
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the justification for some act or belief
he offered a persuasive defense of the theory -
a structure used to defend against attack
the artillery battered down the defenses -
an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
he joined the defense against invasion -
the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
in defense he said the other man started it
his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive -
protection from harm
sanitation is the best defense against disease -
(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
How To Use defence In A Sentence
- The right back found himself in unfamiliar territory in the opposing penalty area after a swift exchange of passes that opened up Reading's defence. Times, Sunday Times
- One could argue that such a missile defence system would bring about the abandonment of ballistic missiles as strategic weapons.
- The only defence remaining alive at present is, therefore, I suggest, the disputed decision about qualifying privilege.
- ‘Ah Dublin, you're giving it away,’ he wailed in the 55th minute, as the Dublin defence fluffed its lines yet again, giving Laois another unearned scoring opportunity.
- Minister for Defence Robert Hill talks with an Australian Army captain and warrant officer at a Middle East base.
- Defence lawyers routinely accuse victims who failed to make 'vigorous enough' protests, as in fact having consented.
- The police had a good defence to the claims in false imprisonment and unlawful detention. Times, Sunday Times
- The farmer, the papers had said, was a part-time policeman, a member of the Protestant Ulster Defence Regiment, the UDR. DEATH OF AN UNKNOWN MAN
- Our reaction to a tickling sensation may have arisen from a defence against creepy-crawlies. Times, Sunday Times
- It seems that CSIS witnesses may have engaged in "prevarication," and that material germane to Harkat's legal defence has been withheld by CSIS for no good reason. Archive 2009-05-01