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(sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring; "his teams are always good on defense" military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies; "they died in the defense of Stalingrad"; "they were developed for the defense program" the defendant and his legal advisors collectively; "the defense called for a mistrial" protection from harm; "sanitation is the best defense against disease" defensive structure: a structure used to defend against attack; "the artillery battered down the defenses" refutation: the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions; "his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive"; "in defense he said the other man started it" the justification for some act or belief; "he offered a persuasive defense of the theory" a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him; "he gave evidence for the defense" an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack; "he joined the defense against invasion" Department of Defense: the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947 defense mechanism: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
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| defecation reflex |
normal response to the presence of feces in the rectum
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| defervescent |
of or relating to the reduction of a fever
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| defense mechanism |
(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
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| defense reaction |
defense mechanism: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
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