defense

noun · verbB1

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noun

Plural noun:

defensesdefence

1.
(US, countable, uncountable)The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
2.
Anything employed to oppose attack(s).
3.
(US, countable, uncountable)An argument in support or justification of something.
to come to someone's defense
4.
(US, countable, euphemistic, uncountable)(government, military, euphemistic) Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
Department of Defense
5.
(US, countable, obsolete, uncountable)A prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.

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verb

V_es/s

defenses

V_ing/Gerund

defensing

V_ed/pp

defenseddefence

1.
(US)(sports, chiefly US) To employ defensive tactics (so as to block).
2.
(US, archaic)(now rare) To furnish with defenses; to defend, protect.

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offenseprosecution(law) prosecution

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English defens, defense, from Old French defens, defense, from dēfēnsa (protection). Displaced native bewering. The verb is from the noun.