defense

 
  Grep  of  noun  defense 
  active  air  defense 
  air  defense 
  anti-takeover  defense 
  basic  point  defense  missile  system 
  biological  warfare  defense 
  bw  defense 
  chemical  defense 
  civil  defense 
  defense 
  defense  attorney 
  defense  contractor 
  defense  department 
  defense  force 
  defense  lawyer 
  defense  lawyers 
  defense  mechanism 
  defense  policy 
  defense  program 
  defense  reaction 
  defense  secretary 
  defense  system 
  defense  team 
  defenselessness 
  deliberate  defense 
  department  of  defense 
  hasty  defense 
  line  of  defense 
  missile  defense  system 
  passive  air  defense 
  secretary  of  defense 
  self-defense 
 
  Overview  of  noun  defense 
 
  The  noun  defense  has  11  senses  (first  11  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (386)  defense,  defence,  defending  team  --  (the  team  that  is  trying  to  prevent  the  other  team  from  scoring;  "his  teams  are  always  good  on  defense") 
  2.  (327)  defense,  defence,  defensive  measure  --  (military  action  or  resources  protecting  a  country  against  potential  enemies;  "they  died  in  the  defense  of  Stalingrad";  "they  were  developed  for  the  defense  program") 
  3.  (281)  defense,  defence,  defense  team,  defense  lawyers  --  (the  defendant  and  his  legal  advisors  collectively;  "the  defense  called  for  a  mistrial") 
  4.  (40)  defense,  defence  --  (protection  from  harm;  "sanitation  is  the  best  defense  against  disease") 
  5.  (36)  defensive  structure,  defense,  defence  --  (a  structure  used  for  defense;  "the  artillery  battered  down  the  defenses") 
  6.  (29)  refutation,  defense,  defence  --  (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") 
  7.  (23)  defense,  defence,  vindication  --  (the  justification  for  some  act  or  belief;  "he  offered  a  persuasive  defense  of  the  theory") 
  8.  (20)  defense,  defence,  denial,  demurrer  --  (a  defendant's  answer  or  plea  denying  the  truth  of  the  charges  against  him  "he  gave  evidence  for  the  defense") 
  9.  (17)  defense,  defence,  defense  force,  defence  force  --  (an  organization  of  defenders  that  provides  resistance  against  attack;  "he  joined  the  defense  against  invasion") 
  10.  (10)  Department  of  Defense,  Defense  Department,  Defense,  DoD  --  (the  federal  department  responsible  for  safeguarding  national  security;  created  in  1947) 
  11.  (6)  defense  mechanism,  defense  reaction,  defence  mechanism,  defence  reaction,  defense,  defence  --  ((psychiatry)  an  unconscious  process  that  tries  to  reduce  the  anxiety  associated  with  instinctive  desires) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  defense 
  defenseless 
 
  Overview  of  noun  defense 
 
  The  noun  defense  has  11  senses  (first  11  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (386)  defense,  defence,  defending  team  --  (the  team  that  is  trying  to  prevent  the  other  team  from  scoring;  "his  teams  are  always  good  on  defense") 
  2.  (327)  defense,  defence,  defensive  measure  --  (military  action  or  resources  protecting  a  country  against  potential  enemies;  "they  died  in  the  defense  of  Stalingrad";  "they  were  developed  for  the  defense  program") 
  3.  (281)  defense,  defence,  defense  team,  defense  lawyers  --  (the  defendant  and  his  legal  advisors  collectively;  "the  defense  called  for  a  mistrial") 
  4.  (40)  defense,  defence  --  (protection  from  harm;  "sanitation  is  the  best  defense  against  disease") 
  5.  (36)  defensive  structure,  defense,  defence  --  (a  structure  used  for  defense;  "the  artillery  battered  down  the  defenses") 
  6.  (29)  refutation,  defense,  defence  --  (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") 
  7.  (23)  defense,  defence,  vindication  --  (the  justification  for  some  act  or  belief;  "he  offered  a  persuasive  defense  of  the  theory") 
  8.  (20)  defense,  defence,  denial,  demurrer  --  (a  defendant's  answer  or  plea  denying  the  truth  of  the  charges  against  him  "he  gave  evidence  for  the  defense") 
  9.  (17)  defense,  defence,  defense  force,  defence  force  --  (an  organization  of  defenders  that  provides  resistance  against  attack;  "he  joined  the  defense  against  invasion") 
  10.  (10)  Department  of  Defense,  Defense  Department,  Defense,  DoD  --  (the  federal  department  responsible  for  safeguarding  national  security;  created  in  1947) 
  11.  (6)  defense  mechanism,  defense  reaction,  defence  mechanism,  defence  reaction,  defense,  defence  --  ((psychiatry)  an  unconscious  process  that  tries  to  reduce  the  anxiety  associated  with  instinctive  desires) 

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