Antonym: assault, attack, offense. Similar words: defensive, defender, defendant, offense, offensive, dense, sense, license. Meaning: [dɪˈfens] 
n. 1. (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring 2. military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies 3. the defendant and his legal advisors collectively 4. protection from harm 5. a structure used to defend against attack 6. the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions 7. the justification for some act or belief 8. a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him 9. an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack 10. the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947 11. (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires.
n. 1. (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring 2. military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies 3. the defendant and his legal advisors collectively 4. protection from harm 5. a structure used to defend against attack 6. the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions 7. the justification for some act or belief 8. a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him 9. an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack 10. the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947 11. (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires. 
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61) Strength lies not in defense but in attack. Adolf Hitler 
62) Morgan is a well-known defense attorney.
63) The defense contends the fight was an isolated case.
64) Throughout Defense, people buy by the book.
65) But the defense came on strong in the playoffs.
66) More cuts in the defense budget are expected.
67) One, you have confidence in your defense.
68) She offered the familiar argument that a strong domestic steel industry is needed for national defense.
68) Sentencedict.com is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find excellent sentences for a large number of words.
69) After the defense finishes its closing argument, the prosecution will have the opportunity to reply.
70) In brief, the President plans to cut defense spending and lower taxes.
71) Shaq, this move is only effective against a certain type of defense.
72) A globe-trotting, business-building commerce secretary, he operated on the theory that a good defense is a good offense.
73) One question defense lawyers could raise: Can the miles be transferred without the consent of the owner?
74) Three thousand factories and defense facilities are contaminated by radiation.
75) This was my last burst of anger in defense of President Reagan.
76) A science-fiction thriller about a planet that is mired in civil war and whose computerized defense system runs amok, threatening everyone.
77) ValuJet approached the Pentagon in August 1995 to be included among the airlines certified to carry Defense Department personnel for official travel.
78) The cantankerous aide organized support for health care reform, coordinated the Whitewater defense and helped chart the course to renomination.
79) Things could improve as the effects of a tax break for defense manufacturers become evident.
80) Looking relaxed and rested, Simpson answered friendly questions from his defense attorney for nearly three hours.
81) C.-The smallest Raiders offensive player presents the biggest challenge to the Carolina Panthers' defense.
82) The Defense Department has been pressing private contractors for options to speed up deployment of missile defenses.
83) Goldston told jailers he was doing so because he wanted cigarettes, magazines and Los Angeles defense attorney Johnnie Cochran.
84) Agriculture was California; there were no sprawling defense and aerospace industries, there was no Silicon Valley.
85) Schriefer is executive director of the Business Executives for National Security commission examining the defense infrastructure.
86) The overwhelming caseload has made the government reluctant to postpone trials, even though virtually all of the suspects lack defense attorneys.
87) Lincoln felt that McClellan had not allotted an adequate force to the defense of Washington.
88) Matsch will take up other defense challenges to prosecution witnesses next week.
89) Jody keeps Sally in for twenty-three minutes, watching her pick up the offensive plays and bluff her way through the defense.
90) Henry H.. Shelton expressed concern last week to Rumsfeld about the defense secretary s review of the military.
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