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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"
Defense
- 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"
Defiant
- adjective - boldly resisting authority or an opposing force; "brought up to be aggressive and defiant"; "a defiant attitude"
Deficit
- noun - (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing
- a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning; "the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory"; "they have serious linguistic deficits"
- an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period); "last year there was a serious budgetary deficit"
- the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required; "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit"
Defiled
- verb - make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
- morally blemished; stained or impure
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
- spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
Defiler
- noun - a person or organization that causes pollution of the environment
Defiles
- noun - a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
- make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
- spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
Defined
- verb - clearly characterized or delimited; "lost in a maze of words both defined and undefined"; "each child has clearly defined duties"
- decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
- determine the essential quality of
- determine the nature of; "What defines a good wine?"
- give a definition for the meaning of a word; "Define `sadness'"
- show the form or outline of; "The tree was clearly defined by the light"; "The camera could define the smallest object"
- showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary; "hills defined against the evening sky"; "the setting sun showed the outlined figure of a man standing on the hill"
Definer
- - One who defines or explains.
Defines
- verb - decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
- determine the essential quality of
- determine the nature of; "What defines a good wine?"
- give a definition for the meaning of a word; "Define `sadness'"
- show the form or outline of; "The tree was clearly defined by the light"; "The camera could define the smallest object"