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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121) The defense contends the video is proof the socks were planted because there are no socks on the tape.
122) The author wishes to acknowledge the assistance of the Defense Department.
123) Fujisaki also ruled that the defense should be allowed to air its frame-up theory in full detail during closing arguments next week.
124) A local congressman said the canceled deployment illustrated that too much money has been cut from the defense budget.
125) Critics accused him of not wanting to rebuff the Defense Department during an election campaign.
126) Richard Perle was a brilliant, brooding defense expert with strongly neoconservative leanings.
127) A team captain, Gumina had earned a reputation for stiff defense, clutch play.
128) Maybe the Braves can send their batboy on to the field for better defense.
128) Sentencedict.com is a online sentence dictionary, on which you can find nice sentences for a large number of words.
129) Most criminal cases are therefore settled without trial by the process of plea bargaining between the prosecutor and the defense attorney.
130) After the defense finishes its closing argument, the plaintiffs will have the opportunity for a brief rebuttal.
131) Similarly in the international arena, an emasculated politics is incapable of sustaining an effective national defense.
132) In the area of basic national defense the frequent need for absolute secrecy is, of course, self-evident.
133) Also putting in strong years: aerospace and defense, oil drilling and medical device companies.
134) The charitable thing to do would be to attribute this to great defense.
135) Eisenhower had his greatest difficulties with the Army, for it suffered most from his refusal to increase the Defense Department budget.
136) In the civil trial, the judge gave the plaintiffs almost everything they asked for, while severly limiting the defense.
137) Gilliam said he felt a calling to do ministry work in the community while working in the defense and aerospace industries.
138) The chores collectively equal defense, something Stanford clearly does not treat as an afterthought.
139) The President might be willing to compromise on defense spending.
140) It cost government and defense contractors $ 5. 6 billion in 1995 to protect classified national security information.
141) Plants and many insects and amphibians have an additional method: chemical defense.
142) Gary was an electrical engineer for a defense contractor in the Washington area.
143) His assembled group of lawyers is referred to as the Big Green Defense Team.
144) Defense lawyers are arguing that the police botched the investigation.
145) Replays of the scene seemingly ignited radio talk show callers to the defense of the Bruins star and to attack Kasper.
146) The defense attorney, in the midst of arguing his motion, suddenly began gagging an coughing.
147) One benefit, he said, is the closer working relationship between defense contractors and the Navy.
148) It was a military program developed under the cognizance of the Defense Department.
149) Opponents of missile defense will cite the miss as proof that politics has been driving the development schedule.
150) It will provide security and real-time features required by government intelligence and defence agencies, Department of Defense contractors and others.
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