'defense' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'defense' with 18 example sentences.
- defense noun
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: (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
: protection from harm
: (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
: the justification for some act or belief
: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
: the defendant and his legal advisors collectively
: the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
: an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
: a structure used to defend against attack
: a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
: the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
They claim that they acted in self defense.
The defense has requested bail.
Attack is the best form of defense.
You need to hire an criminal defense lawyer.
The defense attorney jumped to his feet and shouted "Objection!"
Our soccer team has a good defense.
Anger is a defense mechanism.
When I was helpless, no one came to my defense.
What do you have to say in your defense?
He trusted his defense attorney.
Karate is an art of unarmed defense.
The defense lawyer didn't ask the right questions.
Our army broke through the enemy defenses.
Shy people can develop drug dependence as a defense.
He's playing a tower defense game.
No one spoke up in his defense.
The Germans had strong defenses.
Don't rush to my defense.