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defense: noun
self-defence: noun

defense [dɪˈfens] N Am

defense → defence

See also defence

defence [dɪˈfens] N Aus, Brit

1. defence:

защи́та f

оборо́на f

to rush to sb's defence

бро́ситься защища́ть кого́-ли́бо

2. defence LAW:

the defence

защи́та f

counsel for the defence

адвока́т m защи́ты [или отве́тчика]

3. defence sports:

to play in [or on Am ] defence

игра́ть в защи́те

4. defence MED:

the body's defences

защи́тные си́лы f мн органи́зма

5. defence PSYCH:

defence mechanism

защи́тный механи́зм m

self-defence Aus, Brit, self-defense N Am

1. self-defence no pl (protection):

self-defence

самооборо́на f

2. self-defence no pl LAW:

self-defence

самозащи́та f

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Herbivores have three primary strategies for dealing with plant defenses: choice, herbivore modification, and plant modification. en.wikipedia.org

It is a risky defense that mixes the man-to-man and zone defenses together. en.wikipedia.org

And he crashed into -- and through -- those defenses as a bowling pin tips through the ten pins. en.wikipedia.org

A sophisticated network of storerooms and galleries completed the fortress' defenses and allowed communication between the castle, the town downwards, and the river banks. en.wikipedia.org

Induced defenses include secondary metabolic products, as well as morphological and physiological changes. en.wikipedia.org

Garland instructed the troops to strengthen their defenses with brush and any other material that could be found. en.wikipedia.org

Its remaining inhabitants built and manned antitank defenses, while the city was bombarded from the air. en.wikipedia.org

Thus, portfolio diversification and extra due diligence are your only defenses against the fraud goblin. business.financialpost.com

A team is sent through and triggers a fierce alien counterattack that the local human defenses barely manage to push back through the gate. en.wikipedia.org

They needed men to reconnoiter the landing beaches, take note of obstacles and defenses and ultimately guide the landing forces in. en.wikipedia.org

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