1
as in ammunition
means or method of defending
thorns are a rose's defense against grazing animals
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2
as in excuse
an explanation that frees one from fault or blame
there's absolutely no defense for your actions
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Recent Examples of defense
Loveland’s versatility appealed to the Bears, who see the ability to pair him with Kmet in two-tight-end sets while keeping opposing defenses off balance.
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Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2025
That was a key question prosecutors and her defense sought answers to Friday in her retrial on murder charges in his death.
—Michael Ruiz , Alexis McAdams, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2025
The Dark Eagle readiness tests build on more than a decade of experimental hypersonic flights by multiple US defense agencies.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 26 Apr. 2025
And they’re being embedded into everything from CRM platforms to national defense strategies.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2025
That was a key question prosecutors and her defense sought answers to Friday in her retrial on murder charges in his death.
—Michael Ruiz , Alexis McAdams, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2025
The Dark Eagle readiness tests build on more than a decade of experimental hypersonic flights by multiple US defense agencies.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 26 Apr. 2025
And they’re being embedded into everything from CRM platforms to national defense strategies.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defense
Noun
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The revolver was located and determined to have been loaded with five rounds of .357 magnum ammunition.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2025
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Several other guns and ammunition were discovered in the barn.—
Susan Mallie,
CBS News,
26 Apr. 2025
Noun
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And certainly, the Tampa Bay Rays aren’t making any excuses.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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But their excuse for giving us protein every day is to give us beans almost every day.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Apr. 2025
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Opponents slanted their protections toward him all season.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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The workshop aims to see a paradigm shift from reactive and fear-based protection to one where safety is regarded as an everyday practice rooted in awareness, communication, and self-trust.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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Furthermore, China restricts the import of many U.S.-grown foods through its slow and complex approval process for biotech crops, often citing health and safety concerns as justification.—
Garth Friesen,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Majorities also expressed concern that the president will do too much to reduce the size and role of government (58%), argued he's acted beyond his authority as president without justification (56%) and doubted the Trump administration's commitment to protecting citizens' rights and freedoms (55%).—
Gary Langer,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2025
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The first Trump administration continued to weaken safeguards for 35 million acres of federal lands — more than any other administration in history — and offered up millions more for oil and gas development, but stopped short of trying sell off or transfer large areas of the public domain.—
Chris D'Angelo,
Vox,
2 May 2025
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The wildfire mitigation effort President Trump’s administration has acted to roll back environmental safeguards around future logging projects on more than half of U.S. national forests, under an emergency designation that cites dangers from wildfires.—
Jenny Kane and Claire Rush,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
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In the film, Louis-Dreyfus’ villainous character has positioned a number of MCU loners and rejects to kill each other for her own nefarious reasons.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
2 May 2025
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April showers bring May flowers—and plenty of reasons to gather around the table.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
2 May 2025
Noun
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There’s credits, grenades, shield and health kids to scavenge, on top of tons of materials whose inherent value isn’t really made clear at first — or ever, really.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
2 May 2025
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Bar a few second-half touches, there seemed to be an invisible parabolic shield around the edge of Inter’s area.—
Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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The game includes familiar weapons and vehicles, such as lightsabers, DL-44 blaster pistols, Imperial TIE fighters and the X-Wing.—
Barry Collins,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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Amazon Released Hundreds of New Travel-friendly Clothes and Shoes—Our Top 12 Picks Are All Under $50 Outfit 1: Matching sets are the secret weapon of frequent flyers, making this Anrabess Two-piece Linen Set a fashion win—especially if you’re getting dressed before sunrise.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
2 May 2025
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“Defense.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, http://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defense. Accessed 10 May. 2025.
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