defence (original) (raw)
defence noun (IN LAW)
in defence of All I can say, in defence of my actions, is that I had little choice.
conduct someone's defence She said that she didn't want a lawyer and was going to conduct her own defence.
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defence noun (SPORT)
defence noun (CHESS)
What defence did you use in that last game?
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(Definition of defence from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of defence
defence
What remains is to argue for (3) and discuss the upshot of this defence.
They took charge of day-to-day administration and defence planning.
Only then need the lawyer start to think about the nature of any kind of defence strategy.
Anti-predator defence mechanisms may have evolved during the process that enabled these tadpole species to occupy large permanent streams, which often shelter predatory fishes.
His defence of sambandham occupies precisely that normative terrain, used in the legal discourse to deny legal sanction to it.
Often it is difficult to distinguish costs of actual defence from the negative effects of the parasite.
Subjective views are all very well for people, but for the defence of the environment we need a more scientific approach.
These behavioural defences include parasite evasion and possibly the reduction of ingestion rates.
Resistance will also not evolve if the costs of actual defence are greater than the negative effect the parasite has on the host.
She acknowledges her inferior position by gesture, movement and posture, knowing that her deference and submissiveness are her best defences at the early stages.
There was more ideological excitement to be gained by fighting for the defence of organized religion against its enemies.
However, the great length of the outer enclosures and the many causeways that crossed them surely precluded their use for defence against determined enemies.
It is, of course, true that earlier thinkers sought to justify their faith through the defence of metaphysical claims.
The latter has seen its influence shrink dramatically, and it is unsurprising that the current stance is often one of protection and defence.
The defence attacks the second witness claim by pointing out the corroborative evidence that the witness is biased (17).
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Collocations with defence
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However, it would seem that an adequate defence of purpose theory must address it.
It has since been steadily robbed as a field force in order to create an anti-aircraft defence force.
The content of their discussions merely focused on the constitutionality of peacekeeping and its relevance to collective defence.
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