1. (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
   "they died in the defence of Stalingrad"; "they were developed for the defence program"
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Derived forms: defences

See also: defend

Type of: accumulation, action, aggregation, answer, assemblage, collection, construction, due process, due process of law, justification, military action, organisation [Brit], organization, process, protection, psychoanalytic process, squad, structure, team, unconscious process

Antonym: offence [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: trial

Encyclopedia: Defence Defence, Press and Broadcasting Committee

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