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Defaces
- verb - mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue"
Defamed
- verb - attack the reputation of
- charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
- Insult
Defamer
- noun - one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel
Defames
- verb - attack the reputation of
- charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
- Insult
Defangs
- verb - remove the fangs from; "defang the poisonous snake"
Default
- noun - act of failing to meet a financial obligation
- an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified
- fail to pay up
- loss due to not showing up; "he lost the game by default"
- loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid
Defeats
- noun - an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"
- the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
- thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"
- To overcome opposition
- win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"
Defects
- noun - a failing or deficiency; "that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information"
- a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish"
- an imperfection in a bodily system; "visual defects"; "this device permits detection of defects in the lungs"
- an imperfection in an object or machine; "a flaw caused the crystal to shatter"; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer"
- desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army; "If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot"
- faults
Defence
- noun - (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"
- (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
- (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring; "his teams are always good on defense"
- a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him; "he gave evidence for the defense"
- a structure used to defend against attack; "the artillery battered down the defenses"
- an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack; "he joined the defense against invasion"
- protection from harm; "sanitation is the best defense against disease"
- the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury; "a good boxer needs a good defense"; "defense against hurricanes is an urgent problem"
Defends
- verb - argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike"
- be on the defensive; act against an attack
- be the defense counsel for someone in a trial; "Ms. Smith will represent the defendant"
- fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!"
- protect against a challenge or attack; "Hold that position behind the trees!"; "Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks"
- protect or fight for as a champion
- state or assert; "He maintained his innocence"