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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91) The decision appeared to stagger defense attorneys Williamson and Michael W.. Krumholtz.
92) S Department of Defense in the hopes of understanding better the concept of deception.
93) The defense also alleges that Cosby set up a trust account for Jackson in 1994 to pay for her schooling.
94) It helps when I have the option to go back to defense.
95) For the specter of world revolution still haunts world capitalism, and the Yankee bomb is its ultimate defense.
96) The new coach pushed defense, the stuff of playoff contenders.
97) Theseus leaped to the defense of the bride and struck down the Gentaur who was trying to carry her off.
98) I wish I had the energy that my grandchildren have - if only for self- defense. Gene Perret 
98) Sentencedict.com try its best to gather and create good sentences.
99) A judge this week is to rule on a defense request to reduce or overturn her second-degree murder conviction.
100) As with the national budget, defense takes a big chunk out of our software spending.
101) The ambiguity in the flow of authority made that a difficult defense to challenge.
102) Meanwhile, his defense lawyers chipped away at the prosecution's arguments.
103) The judge will quiz jurors individually about their views on abortion and the insanity defense beginning Tuesday.
104) Wars are not really acts of aggression and defense, for we must recognize a difference between proximate and true causes.
105) I piped up in his defense, having had moments to collect my thoughts.
106) More importantly, the defense finally made a critical play when called upon.
107) The ability to leverage private capital has also come to be increasingly expressed in defense of sorely needed downtown redevelopment activity.
108) Finally, the weight of scientific evidence, wielded by an implacable defense attorney, got Miller released and another man indicted.
109) Those feelings were reinforced by news reports saying McVeigh confessed to the bombing during interviews with his defense team.
110) Mark Fuhrman, who was subsequently criticized for racial bias by both defense lawyers and prosecutors.
111) After two years in office they had increased the defense budget from $ 40 to $ 46 billion.
112) Anders believes those psychic perks were partly to blame for the occasional criticism he received from other defense executives.
113) Hastings said he would approve the trip unless the defense attorneys could cite legal precedents supporting their argument.
114) Perry, a successful businessman, brought a brisk and decisive managerial style to the Defense Department.
115) The government news agency Notimex said 15 were dead while a Civil Defense spokesman said he had reports of 25 confirmed killed.
116) In addition to the Navy and civilian employees, dozens of defense contractors have relocated or beefed up local offices.
117) Fujisaki will probably rule next week on whether defense lawyers can draw a more sinister inference from the delay during closing arguments.
118) Now, thanks to modern architecture and a porous defense, neither is a problem.
119) A source close to the defense team said the no contest plea was a key element in plea bargain negotiations.
120) But defense attorneys in a number of cases already are being notified that the document may contain information pertaining to their clients.
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