1. (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
   "they died in the defense of Stalingrad"; "they were developed for the defense program"
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1. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947
   - Department of Defense, Defense Department [US], United States Department of Defense, DoD

Derived forms: defenses

Type of: accumulation, action, aggregation, answer, assemblage, collection, construction, due process, due process of law, executive department, justification, military action, organisation [Brit], organization, process, protection, psychoanalytic process, squad, structure, team, unconscious process

Antonym: offense [US], prosecution

Part of: trial

Encyclopedia: Defense

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