defense — ozdic

Collocations

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ADJ.

best, confident, dismal, effective, good, most, national, necessary

The team's defense was dismal in the second half, allowing three quick touchdowns.

VERB + DEFENSE

attempt, come, cuts, form, fought, issue, trusted

The team fought a strong defense in the second half to win the game.

DEFENSE + NOUN

agency, attorney, country, eligibility, enrollment, lawyer, offense

The defense attorney argued that her client had no prior criminal record.

PREP.

in, through, up

The team played well in defense during the second half of the match.

ADV.

also, apart, successfully

The team successfully defense their title against the champions last season.

Definitions

noun

1

The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.

2

Anything employed to oppose attack(s).

3

Anything employed to oppose attack(s).

4

An argument in support or justification of something.

to come to someone's defense

5

An argument in support or justification of something.

verb

1

To employ defensive tactics (so as to block).

In fact, there is an increase in the effectiveness of the Five Cutter Offense when teams put pressure on, instead of sagging or switching in an attempt to defense the attack successfully.

But the Buffs’ coaching staff made some adjustments in the way they defensed the Heights’ vaunted veer-option offense, and after being bullied around for 271 yards in the first half, yielded only 140 in the second half.

verb

1

To furnish with defenses; to defend, protect.

In the ſyege of greate cities, takyng a bygge compaſſe rounde abowte, we muſt wyth all laboure: make and intercut not farre of the citie, bꝛode and depe trenches defenſed wyth turrettes of woodde, […]

VVhere being plaſt, vnvviſt of any vvight, / He ſtayde his time, till husband fel on ſleepe, / Then out he gate, defenſt vvith darke of night, / And ſoftly to Salueſtras bed did creepe: […]

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the act of defending someone or something against attack or

defence

noun — protection from harm

defence

noun — (military) military action or resources protecting a country

defence

noun — a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charge

noun — a structure used to defend against attack

defence

noun — the justification for some act or belief

defence
vindication

noun — the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions

refutation
defence

noun — an organization of defenders that provides resistance agains

defence

noun — the defendant and his legal advisors collectively

defence

noun — (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team f

defence

noun — the federal department responsible for safeguarding national

dod

noun — (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the

defence

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Nuremberg defense

An explanation offered as an excuse for behaving in a criminal or wrongful manner, claiming that one acted in this way because one was ordered by others (particularly superiors) to do so.

“‘Nuremberg defense’, universally pleaded in war crimes trials,” is in actuality the Nuremberg nondefense, universally rejected in war crimes trials. It is a pity that the law of t

attack is the best form of defense

Alternative spelling of attack is the best form of defence.

the best defense is a good offense

Synonym of attack is the best form of defence.

Example Bank

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to come to someone's defense

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02

Department of Defense

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In fact, there is an increase in the effectiveness of the Five Cutter Offense when teams put pressure on, instead of sagging or switching in an attempt to defense the attack successfully.

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But the Buffs’ coaching staff made some adjustments in the way they defensed the Heights’ vaunted veer-option offense, and after being bullied around for 271 yards in the first half, yielded only 140

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05

“It was most important to start the second half right,” Tennessee coach Donnie Tyndall said. “They dug in and defensed the right way.”

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In the ſyege of greate cities, takyng a bygge compaſſe rounde abowte, we muſt wyth all laboure: make and intercut not farre of the citie, bꝛode and depe trenches defenſed wyth turrettes of woodde, […]

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, defense is marked as archaic, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.