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1. The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
   US, countable, uncountable
2. Anything employed to oppose attack(s).
   US, countable, uncountable
3. A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
   US, countable, uncountable
4. retaining wall
5. helpless or without protection. weerloos, onbeskermd عاجِز، بِدون حِمايَه беззащитен indefeso bezbranný schutzlos forsvarsløs; hjælpeløs ανυπεράσπιστοςindefenso kaitsetu بی دفاع suojaton sans défense חָסַר הֲגַנָה बेबस, रक्षाहीन nezaštićen, goloruk védtelen tak berdaya varnarlaus indifeso 無防備な 무방비의 bejėgis, beginklis neaizsargāts tidak berdaya weerloosforsvarsløsbezbronny بی دفاع indefeso fără apărare беззащитный bezbranný nezaščiten bespomoćan försvarslös ซึ่งป้องกันตัวไม่ได้ savunmasız 無防禦的...
6. bumper
7. The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
   US, countable, uncountable
8. the case on behalf of a person who is accused in a law court. the counsel for the defence. die verdediging الدِّفاع (عن المُدَّعى عَلَيْهِ) защитата defesa obhajoba die Verteidigung forsvaret υπεράσπιση κατηγορουμένου la defensa kaitse وکیل یا وکلای مدافع puolustus la défense הגנה बचाव slučaj obrane a védelem pembelaan varnaraðilar la difesa 被告側 피고 gynimas, gynyba aizstāvība pertahankan verdedigingforsvarobrona د مدافع وکیل defesa apărarea защита obhajoba obramba odbrana svarandesidan การแก้ต...
9. back
10. An argument in support or justification of something.
    US, countable, uncountable
11. The act of defending against attack, danger, or injury.
12. third-person singular present indicative
13. The case presented by the defendant in a legal proceeding.
    US, broadly, countable, uncountable
14. A means or method of defending or protecting.
15. The lawyer or team thereof who presents such a case.
    US, broadly, countable, uncountable
16. Sports The act or an instance of defending a championship against a challenger: will box in his third defense of his title.
    Sports
17. Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
    US, countable, euphemistic, uncountable
18. An argument in support or justification of something. See Synonyms at apology.
19. Law a. The act of defending a case.
    Law
20. A prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.
    US, countable, obsolete, uncountable
21. The science or art of defending oneself; self-defense.
22. (often dē′fĕns′) Sports a. The means or tactics used in trying to stop the opposition from scoring.
    often
23. The military, governmental, and industrial complex, especially as it authorizes and manages weaponry production.

Equivalents

Examples

“to come to someone's defense”

“Department of Defense”

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