defense

Defense or defensive (associated adjective defensive ) stands for:

• the National Defense
• the collective defense
• a military operation serving defense, see type of operation # Defense
• Defense of the accused in criminal proceedings, see Defense lawyers
• the oral defense of a scientific paper, see colloquium or disputation
• a tactical position in team sport, see defense (sport)
• the defense against an attack in martial arts, for example, see attack levels

See also:

• Defense
• Defender
• Self defense

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Wiktionary: defensive  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Wiktionary: Defensive  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Wiktionary: Defense  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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