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defense
noun as in armament; protection system
Strong matches
- aegis
- armor
- arms
- barricade
- bastille
- bastion
- bulwark
- buttress
- citadel
- cover
- deterrence
- dike
- embankment
- fastness
- fence
- fort
- fortification
- fortress
- garrison
- guard
- hard shell
- immunity
- munitions
- palisade
- parapet
- position
- protection
- rampart
- redoubt
- resistance
- safeguard
- security
- shelter
- shield
- stockade
- stronghold
- trench
- wall
- ward
- warfare
- weaponry
- weapons
noun as in explanation, justification
Example Sentences
St. John Bosco relies on strong pitching, good defense and clutch hitting.
But from the start, the Clippers walked a tightrope that had them teetering all game, falling behind from the very beginning, putting stress on their defense.
Taking the stand in his own defense, Charron described himself as a former combat medic with a 100% disability rating who received psychiatric treatment at the VA.
NOAA’s work extends deep into the heart of the American economy — businesses use it to navigate risk and find opportunity — and it undergirds both American defense and geopolitical planning.
The current and former federal judges who filed the suit as residents, not in any official capacity, disagree with that line of defense.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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